Webster v. Rotary Electric Steel Co.

Plaintiff’s decedent, Donald W. Webster, died on the day following an injury suffered while in the employ of defendant Rotary Electric Steel Company. At the time of his death, February 12, 1945, he had two dependents, his wife, Mary M. Webster, and an infant daughter, Connie Mae Webster, then 18 months old. There being no dispute concerning the dependents’ right to compensation, payments of $21 per week were begun in accordance with section 5, part 2, of the workmen’s compensation act (2 Comp. Laws 1929, § 8421, as amended by Act No. 245, Pub. Acts 1943 [Comp. Laws Supp. 1945, § 8421, Stat.…