Pacific Gold Dredging Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission
California Supreme Court
PROCEEDING on Certiorari to review an award of the Industrial Accident Commission. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. R. P. Wisecarver and Redman & Alexander for Petitioners.
1Opinion of the CourtSloane, J.
This is a proceeding to review the action of the Industrial Accident Commission in awarding compensation to the respondent Kenneth Frank Fruit, a minor, fifteen years of age, under the Workmen’s Compensation Act of 1917, [Stats. 1917, p. 831], on account of the accidental death of his father, John A. Fruit.
The commission awarded the maximum amount for total dependency, being three times the annual earnings of the father. The only points in controversy arise upon the question of dependency of the minor upon his father. It is urged that dependency was not shown, either actual or presumptive.
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