Melbourne Airways & Air College Inc. v. Thompson

DREW, Justice.

By petition and cross-petition for writ ■of certiorari the parties controvert an order •of the deputy, affirmed by the commission, which awarded compensation to the minor •children of the employee but found the ■claim of his widow to be barred by the statute of limitations.1

Robert L. Thompson was employed by •the petitioner to pilot aircraft on charter ■or air-taxi trips. On December 14, 1961, lie departed on a charter trip scheduled to include a flight to Nassau, Bahamas. He ■did not return and, according to testimony in the record, no trace has since been found ■of either…