Kourgentakis v. Industrial Commission

246 P. 705, 67 Utah 194, 1926 Utah LEXIS 41

• Court: Utah Supreme Court
• Decided: May 11, 1926
• Docket: No. 4385.
• Status: Published

Opinion

GIDEON, C. J.

Proceedings to review an award of the Industrial Commission.

The applicant here is a nonresident alien. She is the mother of John KourgentaMs, now deceased. It is stipulated that the deceased was, on the 8th day of March, 1924, an employee of the defendant Utah Fuel Company; that he was killed at that time by an accident in the course of his employment; that the employer, Utah Fuel Company is subject to the State Industrial Act (Comp. Laws 1917, §§ 3061-3165) and is a self-insurer. It is also stipulated that the deceased was in receipt of sufficient wages at the time of his death to entitle his dependents, if any, to the maximum weekly compensation.

The application was made by the mother of deceased, a resident of Greece. The commission, as its third finding of fact, found:

"That the applicant (the mother) in depositions testified that her son sent her money through certain Greek friends who journeyed from America to Greece; that this is not corroborated by any other evidence; that no letters, receipts, or other documentary evidence was presented to show that the decedent herein named contributed to the support of the applicant.”

The commission concluded therefrom that the claim of the mother for compensation should be denied and made its order accordingly.

The facts and the record bring this case within the rule announced in Kavalinakis v. Ind. Comm. et al., 246 P. 698, decided at the present term of this court and not yet [officially] reported.

Upon authority thereof, the order of the commission is affirmed.

THURMAN, FRICK, CHERRY, and STRAUP, JJ., concur.