Claim of Ernest v. Boggs Lake Estates, Inc.

Chief Judge Desmond.

On the single controverted issue the Workmen’s Compensation Board held that: “The weight of the medical evidence introduced indicates that the injuries resulting from the accident of August 20, 1951 were a factor in the death.” The only argument against the unanimously affirmed award is that the medical opinion evidence as to causality (that is, aggravation of tuberculosis by accident) is not sufficiently definite or positive. The employer and carrier say that the proofs were “ speculative ” since the testimony of the physicians included such words as “possibly”,…