Todd v. Mer-Del Enterprises, Inc.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. The Workmen’s Compensation Court dismissed the plaintiff’s petition because of failure to establish causal connection between the accident and the ultimate injury. Plaintiff appealed to the district court. That court awarded workmen’s compensation benefits, and the defendant has appealed.

The plaintiff, Jerry Todd, was 45 years old and had been a diabetic for approximately 15 years on September 22, 1965. On that date, he was installing a propane tank. While he was pumping liquid propane from a tank, a small amount of it spewed on the upper part of his…