MATTER OF BRUNSON v. AM. MAGNESIUM CORP.


279 A.D. 1109 (1952)

In the Matter of the Claim of Alberta Brunson, Respondent, v. American Magnesium Corporation, Appellant. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

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

May 7, 1952.


In the decedent's employment as a metal skimmer in processing magnesium alloy there is proof that he was exposed to sulphur dioxide fumes. There is proof that the mechanical elimination of these fumes in the plant carried them rapidly away, but from the entire record the board could find that decedent regularly was exposed to and inhaled such fumes in his work. There is medical proof that this type of fumes could by irritation aggravate an existing cardiac condition. There...

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