Claim of Vaughn v. Buena Vista Oil Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Buena Vista Oil Company and another, from a decision and award of the State Industrial Board, entered in the office of said Board on the 16th day of April, 1921.
1Opinion of the Court
Cochrane, P. J.:
The deceased employee lost his life November 27, 1919. An award of thirty per cent of his average wages was made to Maude Vaughn, his widow, and of ten per cent to each of their two minor children. On June 30, 1920, the widow remarried. On September 19,1920, she died. On her remarriage under the statute (Workmen’s Compensation Law, § 16, subd. 2, as amd. by Laws of 1916, chap. 622) she became entitled to “ two years’ compensation in one sum.” The same statute further provides: *185“ In case of the subsequent death of such surviving wife (or dependent husband) any surviving child…
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