Matter of Robinson

Claimants are the minor child and spouse of the deceased employe whose claims were denied by the hearing officer, the Workmen’s Compensation Board, and the circuit court.

Ingrid Vivian Robinson was a 29-year-old married woman, and Robert (Bobby) Symes was a 57-year-old single man. Mrs. Freda Felts, a non-complying employer, owned the cafe in a Portland suburb where Robinson worked as a waitress at the time of her death.

Symes and Robinson first became acquainted about 1970. They then lived in separate apartments in the same apartment house. At that time, Robinson (then Foss) was living with…