Foster v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Kenna, President:

Leonard Foster was killed by a slate, fall while working in the mine of the Mabscott Coal & Coke Company at Wickham February 21, 1935. Lilia Foster, claiming to be the dependent widow, filed her claim with the Workmen’s Compensation Commissioner, and it was rejected on the ground that there was no showing of either total or partial dependence by her upon the deceased for a reasonable time prior to his death. The record as it stands before us, we think, presents a case which requires a finding in favor of the claimant upon all the questions involved save that of dependence. We…