United States Steel Corp. v. Weatherton

This is an appeal by the appellant United States Steel Corporation from an award of the Full Industrial Board of Indiana under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. The proceedings before the single member of the Board had been instituted by Benjamin Weatherton in his lifetime. While his claim was pending before the Full Board for the taking of additional medical evidence, Benjamin Weatherton died of causes not related to the alleged accidental injury.

After a hearing on defendant’s special answer that the claim had hereby abated, to-wit: That Benjamin Weatherton, appellee’s decedent herein, died…