Snyder v. Industrial Commission

This case requires an interpretation of section 7(a) of the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1963, ch. 48, par. 138.7) to determine whether appellant is entitled to the benefit of the Act as a surviving child whom the deceased employee “was under legal obligation to support at the time of his accident, * *

On September 25, 1964, Marvin Snyder was killed in Illinois while engaged in the course of his employment for ICKLP, a joint venture including appellee Palumbo Excavating Company and others. He was survived by his widow, Marie L. Snyder, and his daughter by a prior marriage, Mary…