GIFFORD v. COOK-McCANN CONCRETE, INC.

No. 4376.

526 P.2d 1197 (1974)

James GIFFORD, Appellant (Claimant-Employee below), v. COOK-McCANN CONCRETE, INC., Appellee (Employer below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

October 8, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward L. Grant of Osborn & Grant, Cheyenne, for appellant.

Franklin J. Smith of Pattno & Smith, Cheyenne, for appellee.

Before PARKER, C.J., and GUTHRIE and McCLINTOCK, JJ.


Mr. Chief Justice PARKER delivered the opinion of the court.

James L. Gifford, a cement finisher for Cook-McCann, while helping to level cement on August 11, 1972, became breathless and dizzy but, limiting his activities, stayed on his job the remainder of the day. The next day he contacted a physician, who later testified: "`Examination and chest X-rays resulted in a diagnosis of left pneumothorax (collapsed lung) due to a ruptured bleb of pulmonary emphysema.'"...

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