W.S. Newell, Inc. v. Thurmond

HOLMES, Judge.

This is a workmen’s compensation case which presents a question of first impression to this court.

The employer appeals the amended judgment of the trial court by which it awarded compensation benefits of $68 per week for 500 weeks. We reverse.

The employee died in the line and scope of his employment, and his parents, who were determined to be his partial dependents, filed the present suit to recover workmen’s compensation benefits.

The trial court, following an ore terms hearing, entered an order in which it found that the parents had received $75 per week from the employee.…