Estate of Burris v. Associated Employers Insurance Co.

WALKER, Justice.

The principal question to be decided in this case is whether a final judgment awarding weekly workmen’s compensation benefits for a general injury survives to the estate of the injured workman. Gus Burris filed a claim with the Industrial Accident Board alleging an accidental injury to his heart while in the course of his employment by Traders ’Compress Company. In an appeal from the Board’s denial of his claim, judgment was rendered in favor of Burris and against Associated Employers Insurance Company, respondent, for compensation at the rate of $24.00 per week for 401 weeks.…