Wickham v. Monmouth Memorial Hospital

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Petitioner is the widow of Nathaniel St. Clair Wickham, who was a British subject, about thirty-five years of age. Wickham was employed by the respondent sometime during the month of April or May, 1930, as assistant chef, the agreed rate of compensation therefor being $75 a month and full maintenance. Late in the afternoon of July 15th, 1930, Wickham, in the course of pulling a soup pot across the floor of the hospital kitchen from the range to the ice box, slipped, fell and injured his knee. He continued work despite the injury, although he was seen to limp several days…