Metropolitan Casualty Ins. v. Hoage

Charles Parker is the dependent father of William Parker, a deceased employee of a local corporation, who died December 13, 1929, of injuries received in the course of his employment. The father, whom we shall call claimant, was about 75 years of age at the time of his son’s death. Death resulted from the negligence of third parties whom claimant elected to sue, and notice to this effect, to which the employer assented, was mailed to the Compensation Commissioner. The notice reserved the right to claim compensation for any deficiency between the amount recovered from the third parties and the…