Baker
Baker v. Industrial Accident Commission
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Houser, J.
In this proceeding, the return to a writ of review heretofore issued by order of this court discloses the essential facts that on April 29, 1929, one Peter Baker, who was the husband of one of the petitioners herein, was injured in the course of, and arising out of, his employment, at which time he was taken to a hospital for treatment for said injuries and where he remained and received treatment therefor during the ensuing period of about six weeks, ■—at the expiration whereof he left the hospital; following which, for an additional interval next thereafter ensuing of approximately four months, he received further treatments; that thereafter he resumed employment, and until about eleven months had expired after the date of his injury he was given “check up” treatments,—at the expiration of which period his permanent disability was officially rated at 16% per cent. For and on account of such disability, during a period of 67 weeks following the date of his injury, Baker was paid compensation. Two months after such disability rating was made, although symptoms of pulmonary tuberculosis were noted by an attending physician as constituting a feature of Baker’s physical condition,…