Mitchell v. Woodworth

Appellant Willie Mae Mitchell is the widow of Herman Mitchell, a laborer who died of a cerebral vascular accident shortly after collapsing at work. She appeals from the District Court’s affirmance of the Labor Department’s denial of her claim for workman’s compensation. See 33 U.S.C. § 921(b) (1964); 36 D.C. Code § 501 (Supp. IV 1971). We reverse.

The Deputy Commissioner who presided over the administrative hearing made the following findings of fact:

That on November 17, 1966, the employee [Herman Mitchell] who was 52 years of age and suffering from hypertension, reported to work for the…