Hagewood v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.

This is a Workmen’s Compensation case brought by petitioner, Mrs. Ellie Hagewood, as widow of N. P. Hagewood, who died at his home on November 25, 1958.

The Chancellor, after hearing much proof, dismissed the petition and held that Mr. Hagewood’s death did not arise out of his employment.

The proof shows that the deceased had been an employee of the defendant, Company, for about twenty-five years.

The deceased, in the line of his duties, was required to do a considerable amount of lifting of cakes of rayon, the weight of which would vary from approximately 35 to 50 pounds.

It seems that deceased…