New National Coal Co. v. Industrial Commission

Otilda Rettle, widow and beneficiary of Clifford Rettle, deceased, filed her application for adjustment of claim under the Workmen’s Compensation act. It was stipulated that Rettle sustained an accidental injury arising out of and in the course of his employment which resulted in the loss by amputation of his right thumb; that compensation for temporary total incapacity had been paid; that his earnings for the year next preceding his injury were $1560, and his average weekly wage was $30; that Otilda Rettle was his widow and, during his lifetime, his sole dependent; that Rettle died from…