Shaw v. Packard Motor Car Co.

Nelson B. Shaw was an employee of defendant in its automobile factory. He died very suddenly while in the service, and it is the claim of plaintiffs, who are his wife and children, that his death was due to an accident which he met' while engaged in defendant’s service. A death award was denied by the arbitration committee, but this conclusion was reversed by the industrial accident board and a death award granted. The defendant insists that there is no evidence to support the award. The only question involved is whether there was any proof of an accident.

The hearing disclosed that on…