States Engineering Co. v. Harris

This appeal is from a judgment of the Baltimore City Court, affirming an award of the State Industrial Accident Commission in favor of William J. Harris, the appellee, as a dependent of his deceased son. The award was $13.33 per week, payable weekly, for the period of seventy-five and one-sixth weeks, not to exceed $1,000. The single question in the case is that of dependency.

At the time of the death of the son he was living with his father and step-mother. The father was earning $46.15 a week and the son $20. The son was twenty-one years old. These earnings were all given to the step-mother…