Grady v. Great Southern Trucking Co.

BY THE COMMISSION.

The carrier by this review seeks reversal of an award by deputy commissioner B. T. Miller granting dependency benefits to Rosemary and Helen Teresa Grady, widow and minor child of Thomas B. Grady, deceased, as employee of Great Southern Trucking Co.

The pertinent facts are briefly summarized as follows — Grady, executive vice president of Great Southern, was, in behalf of his company, attending an important conference of a national trucking committee at the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago on March 9, 1954. He attended committee meetings and a luncheon during the day of March…