Shoemaker v. Hardwick

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wertz, J.:

This action was brought by the wholly dependent widow of a deceased workman to recover compensation for his death under the provisions of the workmen’s compensation act (G. S. 1949, ch. 44, art. 5, as amended).

After making a summary of the evidence, the compensation commissioner found that

“The injury, if any, which occurred on the job must be a cough producing phenomena [phenomenon] caused by the elements of November 17, 1958. Apparently this was not disabling because the deceased returned to work the next day. The Examiner has been unable to…