Claim of Brannan v. Brannan

Thomas Brannan, employed twenty-four years by the White Ditching Company, died December 28, 1967. Claim with resulting objection of the State Treasurer was filed under the Workmen’s Compensation Law. Following hearing, the trial court found:

“Employee suffered chest pains while engaged in placing skids underneath pipe while working with a ditching crew in very cold weather with approximately one foot of snow on the ground, the weather conditions being such that in many cases these skids were frozen to the ground. The employee died * * * of a coronary occlusion precipitated by the job performed…