11 A.D.2d 877 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1960
— -Appeal by employer-carrier from a determination that claimant suffered an occupational disease. Claimant worked 29 years for the employer here involved in the same type of work which necessitated her coming in contact with wool used in men’s clothing. About two years before the claim for compensation she first experienced trouble in her chest from swimming in cold water. In 1956 she was out of work because of an asthmatic condition. On June 28,1957 she ceased work and her claim for compensation stated “Asthmatic condition aggravated by working on wool etc.”. The Referee and board found that exposure to wool dust in her occupation precipitated the disabling bronchial asthma. The word “ precipitated ” as used herein is a medical expression meaning “hastened”. We have previously determined that an asthmatic condition may be occupational, in nature when there was exposure to irritants to