Valeri v. Village of Hibbing

Lees, C.

Certiorari to review the decision of the Industrial Commission awarding compensation to the respondent for the death of her husband, Marino Valeri.

On November 22, 1924, Valeri was employed by the relator as a garbage collector. Another man drove the garbage wagon and a third man assisted Valeri, but was absent on the day in question. The driver was the only witness of the accident. He testified that, while lifting a can of garbage from the ground to the wagon, Valeri fell with the can, and exclaimed that he had hurt himself, indicating “his hip or down there somewheres.”

Valeri…