Derong v. Industrial Commission

Charles Derong, Jr., was fatally injured on January 27, 1931, while pursuing his employment. Plaintiff, as the surviving parent, claims the death benefit provided for by sec. 102.09 (4a), Stats. 1929, which so far as here material provides:

“(4a) If the deceased employee leaves no one wholly dependent upon him for support, partial dependency and death benefits therefor shall be as follows:

“(a) An unestranged surviving parent or parents, residing within any of the states or District of Columbia of the *90United States, shall receive a death benefit of twelve hundred dollars.”

The death benefit was…