Scherder v. Industrial Commission

These two plaintiffs have' appealed from judgments, based on instructed verdicts, for the defendant, denying to them, or either of them, the right to compensation from the workmen’s compensation fund, as the widow of George Scherder, deceased.

George Scherder was an employee of The Red Top Brewing Co., a complying employer under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. He is described as having been a very heavy man, and at the time of his injury was 61 years of age. In May, 1938, in the course of his employment he slipped and was thrown violently to the floor, landing in a sitting position. His whole…