Sullivan Electric Co. v. McDonald

OPINION

HENRY, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which the primary issue for our determination is whether the stepmother of a deceased workman is a member of the class of dependents entitled to receive death benefits under Section 50 — 1013, T.C.A. The trial judge determined that she was properly entitled to receive compensation benefits. We are in full accord with that determination.

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On September 6, 1974, the deceased, Bradley McDonald, age eighteen, was electrocuted while working in the course and scope of his employment as an electrician’s helper with Sullivan Electric…