Flinn v. Sonman Shaft Coal Co.

Opinion by

Kenworthey, J.,

The Workmen’s Compensation Board found that at the time of his death William Flinn stood in loco parentis to his seven minor brothers and sisters and that they were members of his household. The common pleas court affirmed the award based on this finding; the employer appeals.

The basic facts are virtually undisputed. At the time of Flinn’s death, on July 15, 1940, he was thirty-one years old, unmarried, and the oldest of eleven children. Prior to his father’s death in 1935, he worked away from home but had contributed to the family’s support by allowing his mother to…