Sheehan v. Hanson-Flotte Co.

Edward Thomas Sheehan, an employee of the Sewerage Water Board of New Orleans, was killed on June 21st, 1946, when the emergency repair truck of the Board, which he, as its employee, was operating, came into collision with a truck of the Hanson-Flotte Company, a partnership, at the corner of Fern and Oak Streets, in New Orleans. The Sewerage Water Board, having effected a settlement of its liability under the Workmen's Compensation Laws of Louisiana, Act No. 20 of 1914, as amended, under which it agreed to pay to Sheehan's widow $14.04 per week for three hundred weeks, together with $300.00…