Opinion
March 15, 1950.
Appeal from Workmen's Compensation Board.
Present — Foster, P.J., Heffernan, Brewster, Bergan and Coon, JJ.
Appellants dispute the finding of an occupational disease, claiming that any use of the hands would produce the same result in a person inherently susceptible to that disease. The claimant was a chef. Medical testimony clearly created a question of fact that while all chefs are not susceptible to Dupuytren's contracture, the nature of the occupation will produce the disability in a person who has the latent tendency. It is therefore an occupational disease and the board was justified in so finding. Decision and award unanimously affirmed, with costs to the Workmen's Compensation Board.