MATTER OF ACKER v. BUFFALO FORGE CO.


278 A.D. 988 (1951)

In the Matter of the Claim of Emma Acker, Respondent, v. Buffalo Forge Company et al., Appellants, and Atlas Steel Castings Co. et al., Respondents. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

June 29, 1951.


For some years claimant's husband worked as a sand blaster for Atlas Steel Castings Co. In July, 1944, he became ill and stopped work. There is proof that in this work he contracted silico-tuberculosis, an occupational dust disease. In September, 1944, he went to work for a short time for appellant Buffalo Forge Company. In his disability claim the employee himself said he "made an effort" to work in this period. On October 2, 1944, he became totally disabled from the dust...

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