Davis v. Sunshine Mining Co.

KEETON, Justice.

Appellant, claimant before the Industrial Accident Board, was at all times pertinent here, an employee of respondent, Sunshine Mining Company, employed in the capacity of an underground miner.

On July 12, 1948, while so employed, he was riding an underground motor, and suddenly felt like he wanted to cough, and started to spit blood. He was taken to a hospital and his condition originally diagnosed as pneumonia. X-rays were taken, laboratory tests made, he was further examined, and his ailment was then diagnosed as pulmonary tuberculosis. He was removed to the Veterans…