Loudon v. H. W. Shaull & Sons

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

This appeal is from a judgment entered by the court below affirming an award in a workmen’s compensation case.

Simon Loudon, husband of the claimant, had been employed during the late spring and summer of 1936 as a laborer by H. W. Shaull and Sons, contractors, engaged in the reconstructing of a highway near Carlisle. About 150 men were employed on this project. During the month of August an epidemic of typhoid fever broke out among the employes, reaching its peak between August 19 and September 3. Over 30 employes were stricken, several fatally.

Simon Loudon became ill…