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  "name": "Willene FLOWERS et al v. SOUTHERN ROAD BUILDERS and BITUMINOUS INSURANCE COMPANY",
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      {
        "text": "Ernie E. Wright, Chief Judge.\nThis is an appeal by the widow of Grady Flowers from a decision of the Workers\u2019 Compensation Commission denying widow\u2019s benefits.\nThe Commission awarded benefits to the three minor children of the deceased, and the only issue on appeal is whether the Commission erred in failing to award benefits to the widow on the ground the evidence failed to establish she was dependent upon the deceased at the time of his death.\nAt the time of Mr. Flowers\u2019s death he and his wife had lived separate and apart for the preceding sixteen months during which time the deceased had provided no support to appellant and there was no contact between the parties. For the most of this period appellant lived in a house with another man who supported her. The appellant testified her husband told her before he left the home he was going to save up money and buy a new house on his return. There was no evidence corroborating the testimony of appellant. The decision of the Commission apparently discounted this testimony, and the rule is well settled that the testimony of an interested party will not be regarded as undisputed in determining the legal sufficiency of the evidence. Bridges v. Shapleigh Hardware Company, 186 Ark. 993, 57 S.W. 2d 405 (1933). Also, we cannot say the Commission erred if it considered such statement as having been made, but regarded it as falling short of establishing dependency.\nIn Roach Manufacturing Co. v. Cole, 265 Ark. 908, 582 S.W. 2d 268 (1979), the court held that when the legislature amended Ark. Stat. Ann. \u00a7 81-1315 in 1976 to provide compensation for the death of an employee under the Workers\u2019 Compensation Law, would be payable only \u201cto those persons who were wholly and actually dependent upon him\u201d, by adding the word actually, intended to remove any conclusive presumption of dependency; and that where the widow is not living with her husband at the time of his death, there must be some showing of actual dependency.\nIn light of the undisputed evidence in the present case showing total lack of support of appellant by her husband for sixteen months immediately prior to his death and evidence she was being supported by another man, we conclude there is substantial evidence to support the finding of the Commission that dependency by appellant was not established.\nAffirmed.",
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        "author": "Ernie E. Wright, Chief Judge."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Ralph M. Cloar, Jr. and Charles E. Houston, Jr., Waiterboro, S.C., for appellants.",
      "Friday, Eldredge & Clark, by Frederick S. Ursery, for appellees."
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    "head_matter": "Willene FLOWERS et al v. SOUTHERN ROAD BUILDERS and BITUMINOUS INSURANCE COMPANY\nCA 79-309\n594 S.W. 2d 865\nCourt of Appeals of Arkansas\nOpinion delivered February 27, 1980\nReleased for publication March 19, 1980\nRalph M. Cloar, Jr. and Charles E. Houston, Jr., Waiterboro, S.C., for appellants.\nFriday, Eldredge & Clark, by Frederick S. Ursery, for appellees."
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