Taylor
Taylor v. Industrial Accident Commission
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Pullen, J.
Leon L. Taylor sustained an injury in the course of his employment, which resulted in his death. The State Compensation Insurance Fund was the insurance carrier, and both the employer and the employee were subject to the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Insurance and Safety Act.
After the death of Taylor an application for an adjustment of the claim and establishment of dependency was filed by Georgia Taylor as his wife, and a hearing was held thereon before the Industrial Accident Commission. The findings and award by the Commission held the evidence did not establish that the applicant Georgia Taylor bore to the deceased any of the relationships specified in section 14 of the Compensation Act, and that she was not in good faith a member of the family or household of said deceased. The applicant being dissatisfied, has brought the record to this court to review the evidence and findings so made.
Petitioner in order to recover compensation must bring herself within the provisions of the act above referred to, particularly section 14 thereof, which reads:
As will hereafter appear, Georgia Taylor has not come within the provisions of subdivision 1 of section (a), which…