Peabody v. JONES & LAMSON MACHINE COMPANY

The claimant, Ethel Peabody, was found by the Commissioner of Industrial Relations to be a partial dependent of her son during his lifetime, within the terms of 21 V.S.A. §634. The son died under circumstances yielding workmen’s compensation coverage for qualified dependents. Upon his death the claimant, as beneficiary, became entitled to the proceeds of life insurance policies in the amount of $9,560.00 and government bonds in the amount of $75.00. As sole legatee of her son’s estate the claimant became entitled to an additional sum amounting to a little over $200.00.

The commissioner found…