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· 7/1/1878

Shelley v. Elliston

Citations

  • 21 F. Cas. 1244
  • 18 Nat. Bank. Reg. 375

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that acceleration of a dormant disease caused by work exposure triggered the lighting-up theory
  • stating that \the purpose of the Legislature of this state\ in excluding \disease\ from \the definition of injury by accident\ \was to eliminate occupational diseases\
  • \The [Iowa] court held that the manifest design of the General Assembly in providing that the term 'personal injuries' should not include a disease was to eliminate occupational diseases.\

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Judges: Foster

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