Ireland v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.

DAVIS, Commissioner.

This workmen’s compensation proceeding was instituted by the personal representative of Emmett Carroll Ireland (Emmett), asserting entitlement to compensation benefits by decedent’s surviving parents on the basis of their alleged 100% dependency upon the decedent. KRS 342.070, 342.075. The Board denied any award, and that ruling was affirmed by the circuit court. On this appeal the claimants assert that they showed beyond any doubt that they were dependents of Emmett at the time of his death, if not totally, at least partially, and insist that the Board’s findings are not…