Williams's Case
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On appeal. A petition for compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, brought by the claimant, mother of one Ralph E. Williams, unmarried and childless, who died February 28, 1921, as a result of an accident arising but of and in the course of his employment which occurred on February 21, 1921, by coming in contact, while working on an electric light pole, with an emergency wire, which at the time was supposed to be dead, but instead was carrying 2300 volts.
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On appeal. A petition for compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, brought by the claimant, mother of one Ralph E. Williams, unmarried and childless, who died February 28, 1921, as a result of an accident arising but of and in the course of his employment which occurred on February 21, 1921, by coming in contact, while working on an electric light pole, with an emergency wire, which at the time was supposed to be dead, but instead was carrying 2300 volts. A hearing was had on the petition and the commission found that the petitioner was wholly dependent on the son, and awarded her…
1Opinion of the CourtDunn, J.
In this industrial accident case the issue was, the dependency of the claimant upon the earnings of the deceased employee, an unmarried and childless son of hers, and, if dependent, the extent.
There was no evidence opposing that of the claimant and the four witnesses whom she called. Claimant was sixty-six years of age, a widow, infirm, and for property had only her savings amounting to fifty or seventy-five dollars. She and the decedent lived in different counties. After the death of her husband, which antedated the son’s about four years, she lived at her brother’s house; the employee…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Sponatski's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
- Pass's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Carter's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
- Jakutis's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Perotti's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
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- Robitaille's CaseSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1943
- Thomas v. Raleigh Gas Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1940
- Garbutt v. StollMichigan Supreme Court · 1939
- Kilpinen's CaseSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1934
- Gooldrup v. Scott Paper CompanySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1958