McKinnon v. North Dakota Workmen's Compensation Bureau

Burr, Ch. J.

On March 2, 1939, Ronald McKinnon, while an employee of the North Dakota state highway department as an engineer, died from lobar pneumonia. The plaintiff, his wife, on behalf of herself and her infant child, applied to the bureau for compensation, which was denied on the ground the disease was not “approximately caused by the employment.” Plaintiff appealed, and the matter was tried to the court without a jury. Judgment was ordered for the plaintiff, and defendant appeals.

The record shows the employment of.the deceased began in July, 1938, when he worked at Larimore, and later at…