Mobile Water & Sewer Board v. Wilson

RUSSELL, Judge.

This is a workmen’s compensation case.

On July 3, 1985, Eric Wilson was killed in a work-related accident while employed by the Mobile Water and Sewer Board (Water Board). He had begun working for the Water Board on June 8, 1985, and was earning an average weekly wage of $183.69.

At the time of his death, the employee was eighteen years old and was living with his parents, Mose and Eva Wilson, and their three other minor children. On November 11, 1987, the employee’s parents filed a complaint on behalf of themselves and their surviving children, alleging entitlement to workmen’s…