Lake v. Midwest Packing Company

BOHLING, Commissioner.

The employer, Midwest Packing Co., Inc., and insurer, Continental Casualty Company, appeal from a judgment affirming an award under the Workmen’s Compensation Act to the widow and minor children of John G. Lake, the employee, of $12,000 for the death and $371.36 for the funeral expenses of the husband and father.

The employer operates a dead animal rendering business near Macon, Missouri. John G. Lake was the employer’s “cut-up man” and died at the plant on June 27, 1954, from a heat stroke. The claim was submitted on the testimony of claimants’ witnesses. The employer…