Claim of Johansen v. Staten Island Shipbuilding Co.

Andreas Johansen was accidentally killed on November 4, 1926, while in the course of his employment. He left him surviving his widow, the claimant, whom he married in Norway in 1904, and four children, three of whom were under the age of eighteen years. The claimant has never been in this country.

Claim was made under the Workmen’s Compensation Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 67) for death benefits, and on February 3, 1930, the Industrial Board made an award to the widow and three minor children, which award was commuted and paid under section 17 of that law, upon the theory that the widow and children…