Pittman v. Pillsbury Flour Mills, Inc.

Loring, Chief Justice.

This case comes to us on certiorari to the industrial commission to review an award of compensation to a widow, Rose Pittman, whose husband, Ernest F. Pittman, died of cancer. Hearings were held before a referee, who made findings in favor of respondent, the widow. Relators, the employer and its insurer, appealed from the referee’s findings. The industrial commission affirmed the referee’s findings, but made certain arithmetical changes in his determination of damages. Relators were held liable for compensation during dependency not to exceed the total sum of $10,000.

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