Milkovich v. Industrial Commission

WOLFE, Justice.

Certiorari to the Industrial Commission which denied an award to applicant on the ground that she had not sustained the burden of proof that she was partially dependent on her son Joso. He was fatally injured in the course of his employment with the Standard Coal Company on November 3, 1932. The Standard Coal Company employed more than three men and is a self-insurer. Joe’s average weekly wage was, at the time of his death, $19.67 per week.

Testimony was entirely by depositions, except for affidavits by the deponents which were earlier filed. The applicant, Joe’s mother, living…