Carroll v. State

Knutson, Justice.

Certiorari to the industrial commission to review an award to dependents of a deceased employee.

The facts are not in dispute. Peter Lawrence Carroll was employed on January 7, 1939, at the Fergus Falls State Hospital at a weekly wage of $18.16. He contracted pulmonary tuberculosis while at such work from contact with tubercular inmates. As a consequence, he became temporarily totally disabled on January 7, 1939. He entered the county sanatorium for tuberculosis at Battle Lake on February 5, 1939, and remained there until February 8, 1910. He re-entered the sanatorium on…