Claimant suffers from Dupuytren's contracture, a disease of his hands, which medical proof in the record associates with his work in handling beer barrels in the brewery of his employer. The statute provides that the disease is compensable if "contracted" at any time while continuously in the same employment or within twelve months previous to disability if there have been different employers in a similar employment. (Workmen's Compensation Law, § 40.) Claimant worked...
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