Corcoran v. Pennsylvania Coal Co.

Citations

• 76 Pa. Super. 325
• 1921 Pa. Super. LEXIS 145

Syllabus

<p>Worhmeris Compensation Law — Claim of parents of deceased employee — Dependency—Actual dependency — Evidence.</p> <p>In a claim under the Workmen’s Compensation Law by the parents against the employer of a deceased minor, it must be affirmatively established that the claimants were actually dependent on the decedent.</p> <p>The term dependency contemplates actual dependency, and must affirmatively appear in the record as a fact. The question is whether the contributions of the son were needed to provide the claimants with some of the ordinary necessities of life suitable for persons in their class and position. The statute was designed to provide compensation; that is, the making good of the loss of support. Where such loss did not exist, compensation does not accrue.</p>