Campbell v. Walsh-Kaiser Co.

This is a petition by the widow of George J. Campbell, a former employee of the respondent, to recover compensation under the workmen’s compensation act, general laws 1938, chapter 300, article III, §2, for herself and two minor dependent children. Following a hearing in the superior court, the trial justice found for the petitioner and a decree in accordance with his decision was thereafter duly entered. The cause is before us on respondent’s appeal from that-decree.

The contested issue between the parties was whether the deceased, George J. Campbell, died as the result of an injury by…