Brief v. General Concrete Construction Co.

Bushnell, O. J.

While in the employ of defendant General Concrete Construction Company on April 27, 1938, plaintiffs’ decedent, Levi Brief, injured his right middle finger. He was taken to a hospital where the finger was amputated down to the first joint, the operation requiring the administering of ether as well as gas. By May 9th, Brief had developed a sore throat and there was still a small amount of pus in the finger, and on May 13th he died of bronchial pneumonia.

The department of labor and industry made an award of $12.80 per week for total dependency for a period of 300 weeks from April…