Dukek v. Greif Brothers Cooperage

Frank T. Gallagher, Justice.

Certiorari to review a decision of the Industrial Commission.

On December 27, 1961, relator was employed by respondent employer, Greif Brothers Cooperage, as a steel cutter. On that day a 300-to 400-pound bundle of steel which he was handling dropped on his left knee and then slid down the front of his left leg. The injury caused discoloration of the left leg from the knee down to the foot, although apparently the most severe damage occurred in the area of the left ankle and foot.

Within a few days after the accident, infection developed in the left ankle and relator…