United Pacific Insurance Co. v. Jones

OPINION

BROOKSHIRE, Justice.

Workers’ compensation case for death benefits. Glenda Elaine Jones is the surviving widow of J.C. Jones. J.C. and Glenda had two children, Toni Michelle Jones and Steven Jay Jones. Glenda sued as next friend for the minors. J.C. Jones died in a truck collision on December 11, 1981. The defenses were that the decedent was intoxicated at the time of the fatal occurrence and he was not in the course and scope of his employment.

One version of the evidence — believed and found by the jury — was that Jones was a job superintendent for his employer, J. & S. Construction…