Campbell v. Industrial Accident Commission

Petitioners seek a review and annulment of a maximum death benefit award to decedent’s surviving widow and her minor grandchild.

Samuel H. Bradley, aged 75, was employed temporarily as an irrigator on a ranch owned by petitioner, Loy Campbell, near Visalia, California. While so employed on July 12, 1948, Bradley fell into a pit and sustained injuries from which he died on that date.

About a year and a half prior to his death, Bradley applied for and received old age pension through the State of California in the sum of $63 per month. He was permitted by Loy Campbell, for whom he had worked in…