Pugh's Case

Decree affirmed. This is an appeal by the claimant mother from a final decree of the Superior Court dismissing the claim for compensation for the death of her son. The decree was based upon a decision by the single member which was affirmed by the reviewing board. The single member found that the deceased was employed by the insured lessee of a ballroom as a “part-time janitor whose sole duty . . . was to clean up the ballroom after dances which were held weekly on Friday and Saturday nights”; that the deceased was furnished, at his request, a small room in the basement of the building which…