Benjamin F. Shaw Co. v. Palmatory
Superior Court of Delaware
Appeal from award of Industrial Accident Board of the State of Delaware, New Castle County, No. 3784 (November 6, 1918). Proceedings under the Workmen’s Compensation Act by John Earl Palmatory and May Palmatory, to obtain compensation for the death of Earl Palmatory, a son, opposed by the Benjamin P. Shaw Company, a corporation, the employer. There was an award of compensation by the Industrial Accident Board. The employer appeals to the Superior Court. Award sustained.
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Appeal from award of Industrial Accident Board of the State of Delaware, New Castle County, No. 3784 (November 6, 1918). Proceedings under the Workmen’s Compensation Act by John Earl Palmatory and May Palmatory, to obtain compensation for the death of Earl Palmatory, a son, opposed by the Benjamin P. Shaw Company, a corporation, the employer. There was an award of compensation by the Industrial Accident Board. The employer appeals to the Superior Court. Award sustained. The appeal was heard by the Superior Court on the record of the proceedings before the Industrial Accident Board sent up to…
1Opinion of the Court
Rice, J.,
delivering the opinion of the court:
This is an appeal by the Benjamin F. Shaw Company from the finding of the Industrial Accident Board that John Earl Palmatory and May Palmatory were dependent to some extent upon Earl Palmatory, the decedent, for support at the time of his death.
It is admitted “that on the thirteenth day of September, A. D. .1918, Earl Palmatory, who at the time was living at No. 304 Monroe street, Wilmington, Delaware, sustained a personal injury while in the employ of the Benjamin F. Shaw Company, by an accident arising out of and in the course of said employment…
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