Collins v. Neevel Luggage Manufacturing Company

SHANGLER, Chief Judge.

The Industrial Commission, by a split vote, determined that the bilateral carpal syndrome exhibited by Kathryn Collins, an employee engaged in the manufacture of luggage, was an occupational disease under Sections 287.063 and 287.067, V.A.M.S., and awarded her compensation. The employer and insurer have appealed from the judgment of the Circuit Court affirming the award, which they say is not supported by competent and substantial evidence on the whole record.

Kathryn Collins was fifty years of age and, except for a brief interval, had worked for appellant Neevel…