Thompson v. North Dakota Workmen's Compensation Bureau

The plaintiff was awarded compensation by the North Dakota Workmen’s Compensation Bureau at $9.45 per week because of the death of her husband. On March 7, 1932 she was given a partial lump sum payment amounting to $1269.64 which sum was arrived at by deducting from her weekly allowance $1.71 per week for her life expectancy, which was 20.91 years. Thus her weekly allowance was reduced from $9.45 per week to $7.74 per week, which she received until her marriage on January 10, 1933. Upon her marriage she was entitled to receive a lump sum equal to 156 weeks’ compensation. Section 396a3 (a),…