Lighthill v. McCurry

This is a partial dependency case under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, sections 48-122 and 48-124, R. R. S. 1943. The question involved is whether or not the plaintiffs, the parents of the deceased, were partially dependent upon their deceased 20-year-old son on the date of his death within the meaning of the act.

The parents were found by the Nebraska Workmen’s Compensation Court to be partially dependent on the deceased employee of the defendants on the date of his death, September 26, 1961, and an award in their favor was entered. The defendants appealed directly to the district court…