Brown v. ARMOUR & COMPANY

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court for Douglas County awarding compensation for 16 weeks temporary total disability, and medical and hospital expenses in the total sum of $2,067.10. The amount of the award is not in dispute, the sole question being whether or not liability exists.

The plaintiff, Donald E. Brown, was an employee of the defendant Armour & Company from August 18, 1954, to August 6, 1957. Brown became ill on August ■6, 1957, and was hospitalized the following day. In .January 1958, he was informed that his illness had been diagnosed as leptospirosis. It is…