Downing v. Oxweld Acetylene Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Heheb, J.

Respondent sued to recover damages sustained, it is said, as the result of the negligence of appellant, his •employer, in failing to provide him with a reasonably safe place to work. The complaint, stating a cause of action under the common law, charged that respondent, whose work was the repairing and testing of blowpipes, suffered disease as the result of exposure to noxious gases, fumes and other injurious matter. At the trial respondent claimed that his diseased condition was the result of carbon bisulphide and carbon monoxide poisoning.…