Duos v. Gravier & Harper

In my opinion, the .amount of compensation to which the parents of the deceased are entitled as partial dependents is correctly determined as though they were wholly dependent, for the reason that the deceased contributed all of his earnings to their support, and, under the authorities cited in the opinion, the interpretation to be placed on the statute providing a method for computing compensation for partial dependents applies only in those cases where the deceased contributed only part of his wages to the support of the dependents.

I am unable to agree, however, with that part of the…