Harrington's Case

This is a workmen’s compensation case. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 152. The claimant is the widow of the employee who, on October 30, 1935, received a personal injury arising out of and in the course of his employment from which he died on the same day. From a decree of the Superior Court awarding compensation to the claimant as the sole dependent of the deceased employee the insurer appealed.

The Industrial Accident Board found and ruled that the claimant “is the widow of the deceased, that she was living with him as his wife at the time of his death, that she is his sole dependent and as such is…