Reierson v. Land O' Lakes Creameries, Inc.

Murphy, Justice.

Certiorari to review a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission awarding disability benefits and medical expenses to respondent-employee, Oscar Reierson. Relator-employer, Land O’ Lakes Creameries, Inc., and relator-insurer, The Travelers Insurance Company, ask for a reversal, contending that employee has not sustained his burden of proof that the disease of dermatomyositis arose out of and in the course of his employment.

From the record it appears that Reierson, age 64 at the time of the hearing, began his employment with Land O’ Lakes at their feed mill and elevator…