McKee v. Electric Auto-Lite Co.

Charles McKee was employed by defendant, was 37 years of age and about five feet 11 inches in height and weighed about 210 pounds.

When he died on September 25,1953, the cause of his death was given in the death certificate as coronary occlusion with antecedent cause as coronary arteriosclerosis with thrombosis.

On September 17, 1953, McKee’s middle left finger came in contact with a drill, resulting in a deep jagged cut but with no tendon injury. The claim in this case is that the injury to his finger accelerated his death. The evidence which it is contended substantiates this claim is that of…