Barta v. State Compensation Commissioner

Fox, Judge:

Essie Barta, widow of Louis Barta, complains of an order entered by the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board, on October 6, 1945, reversing an order of the compensation commissioner which allowed compensation to her and her infant daughter, and denying her compensation to which she claims to be entitled by reason of the death of her husband, Louis Barta, on October 28, 1944, in the course of and as the result of his employment while working as a miner for Raleigh-Wyoming Mining Company.

Barta was killed by being crushed by a loaded mine, car within his employer’s mine, but whether he…