Colby v. Varney

Section 20 of chapter 266, Laws 1947 provides for the payment of benefits to the dependent or dependents of a deceased employee as previously defined in the Act in cases where death results from compensable injury. Section 2 VII, defines dependents as follows: "Dependents, shall mean the employee’s . . . parents . . . who were wholly or partially dependent in fact upon the earnings of the employee for support at the time of the injury.”

The rationale of the decision made below is indicated by the following findings and rulings: “If a son, from his earnings, contributed to the support of his…