Holt v. Stone & Webster Engineering Corp.

The sole question involved in this appeal is whether, in fixing the basis for an award of compensation, the evidence presented to the Industrial Commission of Virginia supports its finding that Leslie Taylor Holt and Mary Harvey Holt were “partially dependent,” or their claim that they were “wholly dependent,” for their support upon their son, Frank M. Holt, who was killed in an accident which arose out of and in the course of his employment by Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation.

The facts are undisputed. The parents of the deceased employee were at the time of the accident,…