Drake v. State Department of Social Welfare

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schroeder, J.:

This is an appeal in a workmen’s compensation case by the State Department of Social Welfare, the self-insured respondent, from an award to the widow and sole dependent of the deceased workman.

The only points presented on appeal are whether the trial court erred in finding (a) that the deceased workman sustained personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment; and (b) that the injury the deceased workman sustained was instrumental in part and was a contributing cause of his death.

The claimant, Avis F. Drake,…