Legal Opinion
Bergren v. SE GUSTAFSON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided February 4, 1955No. File 9452PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
Whether the death of the employee in the course of his employment, which resulted directly from lightning, is an injury arising out of his employment, is the question presented by this appeal in a workmen’s compensation proceeding.
The principal finding from which the Industrial Commissioner concluded the injury was not compensable reads as follows:
“That on August 25, 1952, the said deceased husband of Claimant, while in the course of his employment, arrived at a highway construction job of the said S. E'. Gustafson Construction Company located in Hutchinson County, and at the time of his…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Caswell's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Meyer v. RoetteleSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1935
- Hanson v. Robitshek-Schneider Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1941
- Matter of Madura v. . City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1924
- Anderson v. Hotel CataractSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1945
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Oviatt v. Oviatt Dairy, Inc.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1963
- King v. Johnson Bros. Construction CompanySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1967
- Podio v. American Colloid CompanySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1968
- Grauel v. South Dakota School of Mines & TechnologySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2000
- Krier v. Dick's Linoleum ShopSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1959
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