Gosselin v. Parker Brass Foundry

This original petition for workmen’s compensation was brought under general laws 1938, chapter 300, article VIII, as amended by public laws 1949, chaps. 2253 and 2282, and by P. L. 1950, chap. 2626. It alleges that the petitioner became disabled from an occupational disease, namely, silicosis, which was due to the nature of the employment in which he was engaged and was contracted therein. While the petition was pending on appeal from a decision of the director of labor the petitioner died November 18, 1952, and his widow on her motion was substituted as the petitioner to continue the…