MATTER OF RUIZ v. CLEVER IDEA CO., INC.


11 A.D.2d 823 (1960)

In the Matter of the Claim of Emerito Ruiz, Respondent, v. Clever Idea Company, Inc., et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

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

July 12, 1960


Claimant testified that the dust scratched his eye and the eye specialist who treated him said that this (a "sharp particle of dirt" being sufficient) caused a minute cut in the cornea which led to an infection, probably of a virus type, and to the corneal lesion which he found. In addition, he said, the mere fact of a trauma, even if the foreign body did not remain, would be sufficient to activate a virus already present in the corneal tissue. Appellants contest the finding...

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