Kinney v. Cadillac Motor Car Co.

Claimant’s decedent was employed by the Cadillac Motor Car Company at an average weekly wage of $12.98. Claimant was totally dependent upon deceased and entitled to compensation, if at all, at the rate of $6.49 per week for 300 weeks. Her decedent died March 21, 1916, from general septicaemia, resulting from an abrasion on his left thumb. The committee of arbitration declined to make an award. Its determination was reversed by the industrial accident board, which considered the testimony produced to the arbitration committee and some further testimony taken by depositions. It was found:

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