Swanson v. Oliver Iron Mining Co.

This appeal, in the nature of certiorari, from an award of compensation by the department of labor and industry, presents two reviewable questions. First, whether plaintiff made an unequivocal claim for compensation; and second, whether the injury suffered by Carl Swanson, plaintiff’s husband, now deceased, October 31, 1927, was the proximate cause of his death July 18, 1932.

Carl Swanson, a miner in defendant’s employ, was severely injured as a result of an explosion in defendant’s mine. He never worked afterwards but recovered sufficiently to walk on crutches, though for some time prior to…