Vankirk v. State Compensation Commissioner

Given, President :

Claimant, widow of O. R. Vankirk, an employee of Locksley Fuel Corporation, claims benefits as a dependent under the workmen’s compensation acts. The State Compensation Commissioner held that claimant was not entitled to benefits, on his finding that the death of the employee did not result from an injury suffered in the course of his employment. The Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board reversed the order of the commissioner.

The employee, about fifty four years of age, on December 12, 1956, while in the employment of Locksley Fuel Corporation, predecessor of Christopher Fuel…