Morgan v. State

Employee’s widow seeks review of a decision of the Workers Compensation Court of Appeals denying her claim for dependency compensation pursuant to its finding that the death of the employee, a 64-year-old steamfitter, did not arise out of and in the course of his employment by the University of Minnesota. We affirm.

Employee had been exposed to asbestos to a,n unspecified extent while working in a shipyard as a welder’s assistant or a welder between 1941 and 1945. He then worked as a welder in various places until be began working for the University in 1952 as a steamfitter. There he worked…