Employers' Mutual Insurance v. Industrial Commission

The Employers’ Mutual Insurance Company, the insurance carrier, and the Dick Coal Company, the employer, complain of the judgment of the district court affirming' an award of the Industrial Commission, which award ordered the payment of $300 to the landlady of Thomas Elliott, the employee, and “funeral benefits” not to exceed $125.

On December 9, 1929, Elliott, an employee of the coal company, received an accidental injury while performing services arising out of and in the course of his employment. Falling’ coal drove the point of a pick into his leg, near the knee. On March 27, 1930, the…