Dependents of Stafford v. U. S. Cattle Corp.

PATTERSON, Chief Justice:

This appeal concerns a claim for double workmen’s compensation benefits by reason of the violation of the Mississippi Child Labor Law by an employer having workmen’s compensation coverage. Workmen’s compensation benefits, including funeral expenses, were awarded by the administrative law judge from which there is no appeal. It is undisputed that the decedent was a minor at the time of his death and was working in violation of the Mississippi Child Labor Law, if he was not engaged in farming activities at the time of his death.

Carroll Boyd Stafford, the decedent, was…