Chretien v. Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.

Section 19 of chapter 178 of the Public Laws allows compensation for death as follows: “I. If the workman leaves any widow, children or parents, at the time of his death, then wholly dependent on his earnings, a sum to compensate them for loss, equal to one hundred and fifty times the average weekly earnings of such workman when at work on full time during the preceding year . .. but in no event shall such sum exceed four thousand five hundred dollars ..... III. If he leaves no such dependents, the reasonable expenses of his medical attendance and burial, not exceeding two hundred dollars.”…