TANNER v. U.S. STEEL CORP.


176 Pa.Super. 420 (1954)

Tanner, Appellant, v. United States Steel Corporation.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

August 30, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Craig Kuhn, Jr., with him Arnold D. Wilner and Wilner, Wilner & Kuhn, for appellant.

James H. Alton, with him Ira R. Hill and Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, for appellee.

Before HIRT, ROSS, GUNTHER, WRIGHT, WOODSIDE and ERVIN, JJ. (RHODES, P.J., absent).


OPINION BY WOODSIDE, J., August 30, 1954:

The question in this case is whether the claimant is entitled to Workmen's Compensation benefits for total dependency or partial dependency.

At the time of the accident § 307, sub-section 5 of The Workmen's Compensation Act of 1915 as amended, 77 PS § 561, provided that where deceased's relatives are entitled to compensation and there is no widow, children or father, then the mother, if dependent to any extent...

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