Littlejohn v. Piedmont Hotel

Alberta Littlejohn filed with the Department of Industrial Relations a claim for compensation on account of the death of her husband, Willie Littlejohn. At the hearing the following facts appeared: Marie Littlejohn claimed that she was the' widow of the deceased. Willie Littlejohn was employed by the Piedmont Hotel as an ice man at a weekly wage of $9.69. The Continental Casualty Company was the insurance carrier of the Piedmont Hotel. The duties of Willie Littlejohn consisted in lifting blocks of ice. On January 12, 1939, Littlejohn was found in the basement of the hotel, near the ice…