Van Kirk v. Hume-Sinclair Coal Mining Co.

This is an appeal by the employer and the insurer from a judgment of the circuit court affirming an award of the compensation commission, in favor of claimants, who are the wife and minor ^ children of the employee. The commission found that the amount of compensation due -was $5,625, for- which it made an award in favor of claimants, together with 'burial expenses in the sum of $150.

The employee, one Veteran Van Kirk, was killed while he was in the employ of the defendant, Hume-Sinclair Mining Company. Defendants, however, contend that his death was not caused by an accident and that the…