Brazauskis v. Muskegon County Board of Road Commissioners

(for affirmance). Plaintiff, widow of one Donald B. Brazauskis, on filing an application *481for dependency compensation on behalf of herself and 4 minor dependent children, was awarded workmen’s compensation by the commission, under the workmen’s compensation act, for the death of her husband. The defendant board of county road commissioners, his employer, and its insurance carrier appeal.

For about 8 months prior to his injury on November 7, 1951, the decedent was regularly employed as a dump-truck operator by the defendant county road commission. While he had a rheumatic heart condition, he…