Jecker v. Western Alliance Insurance Company

CALVERT, Chief Justice.

Lawrence Jecker was killed in an automobile accident. Based on jury findings that at the time of the accident Jecker was in the course of his employment with Bay Chevrolet, Inc., and was not intoxicated, and a further finding that Mrs. Julia Shay Jecker, his widow, would suffer manifest hardship if compensation was not paid in a lump sum, the trial court rendered judgment against Western Alliance Insurance Company, Bay Chevrolet’s insurer, for Workmen’s Compensation benefits to be paid in a lump sum. The Court of Civil Appeals reversed the trial court’s judgment and…