Adams v. Home Indemnity Co.

I respectfully dissent from the denial of rehearing.

Here we have a highly skilled workman earning $500 per month who had performed his duties for many years without complaint or difficulty until the day of the accident. He suffered from diabetes and a latent arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), it is true, but neither of these conditions had previously incapacitated him or caused him the slightest complaint of pain upon exertion. Yet from the day of the accident onwards increasingly severe symptoms have afflicted him until he was forced to cease work. Without dispute, he is now…