Claim of Trillas v. Weimet Film Co.

Appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board disallowing appellant’s claim for compensation. Before the accident claimant was totally blind in his right eye, and also industrially blind for most purposes in his left eye. However, the undisputed proof apparently indicates that he was not wholly industrially blind for the particular occupation he was engaged in, that of a foreman in a darkroom where films were developed. He testified that he was able to tell whether the white lights were on in the room where he worked and to distinguish between red and green lights. On the outside…