Waite v. Industrial Commission

UDALL, Justice.

Ferris Herman Waite, a minor of the age of eighteen years, was employed by the Arizona Sand & Rock Co. at Phoenix, Arizona, and on May 8, 1948, while operating a tractor grader, was crushed between 'the tractor and a conveyor and died the same day as a result of his injuries. He was unmarried and left no dependent children.

A claim for death benefits was filed by petitioner Blanche M. Waite, mother of the deceased (he being the only child), who claimed that at the time of his death and for a number of years prior thereto she had been partially dependent upon him.

The Industrial…