State Ex Rel. Goodenough v. Industrial Commission

By the Court.

Robert Berens, Sr., received injuries in the course of his employment on September 24,1930, and died the following day as a result thereof, leaving a widow and a son surviving. The employer having contributed to the Workmen’s Compensation Fund, the widow made application for a death award, which was granted and paid to her in weekly installments until her death on September 24, 1933. The relator on November 9, 1933, as the representative of the son, Robert Berens, Jr., a lunatic who was on September 14, 1928, committed to the Central State Hospital at Lakeland, Kentucky, made…