Jones v. Campbell Co.

WADDILL, Commissioner.

The sole issue on this appeal is whether a woman who knowingly lived in adultery with an employee who meets with a fatal accident while at work can recover workmen’s compensation benefits as his dependent.

The determinative facts are not in dispute since appellant admits that she knew the deceased employee had a wife from whom he was not divorced, nevertheless, she lived with him as his wife and was supported by him for approximately ten months preceding his death. The Workmen’s Compensation Board dismissed her claim for compensation and the Board’s order was upheld by…