Woodward Iron Co. v. Craig

FOSTER, Justice.

This is a suit under the homicide statute. Section 123, Title 7, Code. Decedent had been an employee of defendant for practically all of his mature years, working in an iron ore mine. While so engaged, he contracted silicosis of the lungs, which first appeared about 1943. He died February 21, 1949 of tuberculosis, which resulted from silicosis. His disease was not caused suddenly, violently, nor by accidental means. In 1943 he was transferred to a job outside of the mine which he filled until October 3, 1944, after which date until July 19, 1945, he was on sick leave. He then…