Desrochers v. Atwood-Crawford Co.

These are “Workmen’s Compensation” appeals by petitioner and respondent. Petitioner’s claim in the Superior Court was that an acute glaucoma was produced by getting a particle of sawdust in his right eye, already blind from chronic glaucdma and that the mishap accelerated the failing vision in his chronically glacomatous left eye, finally causing total blindness. He asked for compensation for the removal of the right eye, the time necessary for recovery from the operation, and permanent disability by reason of total blindness. The first two claims were allowed and the third was disallowed.

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