Hatchett v. HITCHCOCK CORPORATION

The sole question presented for review is the award of $780.00 to claimant’s mother for services rendered in her home to him.

The following facts found by the Full Commission are supported by competent evidence. The claimant, 23 years of age and unmarried, received in his work a severe comminuted fracture of the right femur. He lived with his mother, Mrs. J. W. Hatchett, who is neither a graduate nurse, nor a registered nurse, nor a licensed practical nurse under our Statute Law. Her sole experience in rendering aid to the sick is such as is normally acquired by a mother who has reared three…