Levenson's Case

This is a claim for workmen’s compensation to reimburse the employee for the expenses of trips to Florida. The following is a summary of the facts taken from the decision of the Industrial Accident Board. The employee was injured in 1949 when, while carrying company funds, he was shot by bandits. As a result of his injuries, he continues to suffer from ‘ ‘ spasmodic leg cramps and-lancinating pain”; these are “associated primarily with rainy, unsettled, changing weather.” The pain and the cramps are “extremely agonizing” and seemingly can be alleviated only by narcotics which occasionally…