Ledger v. Geiger-Jones Construction Co.

ENGLAND, Justice.

This case is here on petition for writ of certiorari to the Industrial Relations Commission. The petitioners seek review of an order reversing the determination of the Judge of Industrial Claims that the mother and four minor siblings of a deceased employee were his dependents under Section 440.16, Florida Statutes (1973).1

Hugh Dorsey Ledger was the self-supporting son of a closely knit rural family, consisting of a disabled father, a mother and decedent’s four minor brothers and sisters. After he left home to live on his own, decedent continued to send his father funds and…