Crenshaw v. Industrial Commission

Plaintiffs appeal the Industrial Commission’s award of death benefits to the dependent children of Larry Crenshaw. Larry Crenshaw was fatally injured on October 19, 1983, in a highway truck accident while in the course of his employment.

Although the decedent employee was never married, he fathered three children, each having a different mother. After his death, death benefit claims were filed on behalf of each of the three children. Plaintiff Stephanie Bridgeforth is the mother of the youngest child, Larry Crenshaw, Jr., and also claimed benefits for herself as a dependent member of the…