Brown v. North Dakota Workmen's Compensation Bureau

This is an action for injury under the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Laws 1919, chap. 162).

The plaintiff was employed as a telephone operator in the city of Minot, by the Northern States Power Company, and had been engaged in such employment for seven or eight years. She attended the switch boards, on the local board, on rural lines, and also on long distance calls. The equipment she was furnished, and which-she used, was the standard equipment, and in proper working order.

The plaintiff claims, that while using her hands at the key board, with no opportunity to remove the head piece, she…