Amy Dunaway v. J.C. Penney Co., Inc.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, affirming a final award of the Industrial Commission of Missouri, in favor of claimant Clara Brown, widow of David Brown, who, at the time of the injury which resulted in his death, was employed by appellant J. C. Penney Company, Inc.

The claim alleged that, “Employee was engaged in the usual course of his employment, and in attempting to close a window over the cobblestone driveway at the east end of the employer’s building ■he-accidentally fell to the driveway suffering a fractured skull which ■resulted in his…