Logan Company v. Amic

REED, Judge.

The circuit court set aside a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board that denied workmen’s compensation benefits for the disability and subsequent death of John Amic who had asserted a claim against his employer, The Logan Company. Amic died before his claim was finally adjudicated by the board and the proceedings were revived by his widow as his sole dependent.

The claim was based on the assertion that the employee had contracted leukemia from breathing solvent fumes in the course of his employment. This disease first disabled him and then progressed to the extent that it…