Fed. Mut. Liab. Ins. Co. v. Indus. Accident Comm'n

This is a proceeding to review an award in favor of Harriet Baldwin for the sum of $3,654.90, made on September 3, 1920, on account of the death of her son, Charles Frederick Baldwin, which occurred on January 23, 1920, from an injury to him arising out of, and in the course of, his employment. The Pacific Marine & Construction Company was the employer and the petitioner was *518 the insurance carrier of the employer. It was substituted for the employer and the award is against it as such carrier.

The commission found that the decedent left surviving him his mother, Harriet Baldwin, and that she was partially dependent upon him for support; that the annual amount devoted by him to the support of his mother was $1,218.30, and that the death benefit was $3,654.90.

The award was made under the Workmen’s Compensation, Insurance and Safety Act as revised and amended in 1917. It provides that in a case where an injury causes death to an employee and such employee leaves one or more persons partially dependent upon him for support, the said dependents shall be allowed one hundred dollars for funeral expenses and “in addition thereto a death benefit which shall amount to three times the…