Barrilleaux v. Hartford Accident Indemnity Co.

This is a suit brought by a widow, on her own behalf and for her minor children, for compensation for the death of her husband who was an employee of B.F. Trappey's Sons, Inc. Her husband was engaged as one of the defendant's truck drivers and died as a result of an accident sustained by him on January 17, 1940.

There is no dispute on the question of liability of the compensation insurance carrier, the sole defendant in the suit. Plaintiff alleges in her petition that she is entitled to recover for herself and her minor children three hundred weekly installments of compensation insurance of…