Gillis v. New Orleans Public Service, Inc.

This is a suit for workmen's compensation. The sole question for consideration involves an interpretation of subsection 2 of section 8 of the Employers' Liability Act (Act No. 20 of 1914, as amended, Act No. 242 of 1928, p. 358) with respect to whether the termination of the liability of the employer to one of several dependents of a deceased employee (because the dependency no longer exists) has the effect of relieving the employer from paying the maximum compensation originally due, where it appears that the remaining dependents would have been entitled to such compensation if they had been…