Jackson v. Curtiss-Wright Airplane Co.

We have adopted appellant's statement of the case, which reads as follows:

"This is an appeal from a final award of the Compensation Commission wherein the claimant (respondent here) was awarded $12,000 on account of the death of her husband, who was alleged to have been in the employ of the Curtiss-Wright Airplane Company at the time of his death.

"Dale (`Red') Jackson, a well-known aviator, was killed in Miami, Florida, on January 6, 1932, while attending the Miami air meet. At the time of his death he was flying a newly-constructed airplane known as a `Teal Amphibian,' which had been…