Turner v. Consumers Power Co.

Plaintiff, widow of a deceased employee of defendant, Consumers Power Company, takes this appeal by leave granted from an order of *190the workmen’s compensation appeal board affirming an order of the hearing referee denying to plaintiff dependency compensation benefits.

Decedent had been employed by defendant for 35 years and at the time of his death held the salaried position of general gas meter supervisor. As the result of an illness in 1956 decedent was unable to work for several months. Even after he resumed work, his physical condition was such that he went from his office to his home to…