Maxwell v. State Compensation Director

CalhouN, Judge:

This case is before the Court on an appeal by the employer, United States Steel Corporation, from an order of the workmen’s compensation appeal board dated May 10, 1965, which affirmed a ruling of the workmen’s compensation director dated December 15, 1964, by which Kiter Maxwell was awarded benefits as a dependent widow at the rate of $75.00 a month.

The pertinent facts are undisputed. The primary question presented for decision is whether the widow is entitled to benefits at the rate of $75.00 a month under the statute which was in effect when her husband died on May 22, 1963,…