Norwich bulletin., 1921-06-28
AWARD IN CLAIM FROM
 GROTON WORKMAN,S DEATH

In the workmens s compensation claim from the death O. Maurice Mccarthy, an employe of the water and electric de- partment of the borough of Groton, Com missioner J. J. Donohue has made an award in favor of MT. McCarthy's par ents, MT. and Mrs. Patrick Mccarthy of 10 konomoC street, New London.
 The borough raised the question of serious and wilful misconduct on the part of Mccarthy at the time he was shocked to death at the Groton sub-sta- tion. The borough also disputed the question of dependency.
 Commissioner Donohue makes an award of SIP per week for 312 weeks to the parents of the man, the accrued amount to be paid in lump sum, and the balance in weekly payments. The sum of s10O towards funeral expenses is also to be paid as well as any bill for medical expenses.
 Maurice Mccarthy, who was IS, was the youngest child in the family working. The other children were Arthur, 25, a salesman, who had not contributed to his parents support since he came back from France in poor health Jeremiah, 20, who was employed by his uncle Margaret, 15. and John, Il, who are school children.
 The finding is in part as follows:
 While engaged in taping up the wires as they came into a new transformer which was being installed at the sub station of the electric plant of the bor- ough in Groton on March 31, 1921, Me Carthy was almost instantly killed by coming in contact with live wire. It is found that the fatal injury arose cut of and in the course of the employment. On the question of dependency it is found that the claimants were depend ents upon the deceased and in view o1 the fact that he contributed regularly his ! total earnings of $50 week, and alsc the fact that $6 could be considered the worth of his board, which was the sun paid by the ether brother, Jeremiah i ] is found that the actual amount whicf 1 the parents used in maintaining thetl standard of living was $24 week O i the total sum paid them by the dece dent It is found that the claimants art i therefore entitled to compensatt;n a the rate of SIP per week.
 It is further found by the commission CT that the decedent did not contribut to his death by any serious and wilfu misconduct r disobedience of orders; tn facts found from the testimony being a follows: Rubber gloves were furnished for the linemen to use when workini about the wires and the decedent pu the gloves on when he started to work He worked about three-quarters of al hour at the job of taping the wires il question before he met his death. A the time he was picked up he did no have the gloves on and there is no tes timony to show how the gloves got ot his hands. Il is found there were board at hand which could be used to insur greater safety to the linemen by placin them against live wires and McCarth
 made use of such a. board. The boroug
 electric light department also made us
 of an automobile shoe to protect tt linemen from lives wires and it is foun
 that this was used in the present cas
 but according to the testimony tn
 protection must in some way have b. come insecure and shifted so that NJ Carthy came in contact with the li' wires which were distance of from s to eight inches from the dead wires ( which he was working. this contact eau
 ing his death. The only mark found (
 his body was a burn underneath } right thumb. presumably where h