Chemetron Corp. v. McKinley

VANCE, Judge:

Appellee, Frank McKinley, who suffered from various allergies, developed a condition known as chronic rhinitis from inhaling toxic chemical substances during his work as a janitor. Prior to this employment he had worked as a dishwasher, janitor, carpenter’s helper and parking lot attendant.

The chronic rhinitis resulted from a change in the tissue lining his mucous membranes and nasal passages. It is a permanent condition and the evidence, though meager, sufficiently establishes the probability of a causal relationship between the condition and the condition of his work.

As a…