Mabel A. Ogren v. City Duluth

On October 25, 1943, respondent filed a claim petition for workmens compensation benefits on account of the death of her husband, alleged to have been caused by "myocarditis, an occupational disease, arising out of and in the course of his said employment" by relator as a fire fighter. The defenses, principally relied on, were failure on the part of respondent to give the employer statutory notice of claim and that the myocarditis or coronary sclerosis from which the employe died was not an occupational disease within the meaning of the workmens compensation act, because it was not due to the nature of his employment.