United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. McBride

Court.

Mrs. McBride’s husband, killed by accident, is entitled to compensation from McBride’s employer and his insurer, the plaintiff in error herein. So much is conceded, and the controversy is only with reference to the amount.

McBride was killed in August, 1931. Compensation at the rate of $10.01 per week for four hundred weeks was agreed on in November, 1931, and that amount was paid for eighteen weeks. Then the plaintiff in error, upon the advice of the State Department of Labor, took the position that $8.62 per week was the proper amount, and declined to make further payments except at…