Cohen v. Cohen's Department Store, Inc.

The petitioners in this cause represent that they are aggrieved by an award of the Industrial Commission in which a claim for compensation for injury to their decedent was denied.

J. E. Cohen, deceased, filed the original claim but died before it was decided. His deposition was taken and forms a part of the record.

J. E. Cohen was president of the defendant corporation which was engaged in the retail mercantile business. He was employed by the firm as manager and clerk at a salary of $225 per month. On Saturday afternoon, May 23, 1936, he was in the ladies department, standing near the door,…