Howard v. Lenhart & Bennett, Inc.

BOYDSTON, Judge.

Worker Terry Dean Howard suffered a fatal accidental injury arising out of and in the course of his employment for Employer Lenhart & Bennett, Inc., on December 31, 1979. The Workers’ Compensation Court found (1) Worker’s mother and administra-trix, Wanda Lee Raines (Mother) suffered a pecuniary loss of $5,000 by reason of Worker’s death and (2) Worker’s grandmother, Letha Grimes (Grandmother) was entitled to death benefits as an actual dependent of deceased Worker. Appeal to court en banc resulted in a decrease in Mother’s award to $2,500. Both sides appealed, and the cases…