Larson v. Department of Industry, Labor & Human Relations

David Nelson, an employee of the defendant-appellant, Combustion Engineering Company, (hereinafter employer) was injured on June 26, 1971, during the course of his employment. He died as a result of those injuries, on June 30, 1971. At the time that he sustained the injuries, Nelson was twenty-five years old, unmarried and survived by both parents.

*600The defendant-appellant, Travelers Insurance Company (hereinafter Travelers), was the employer’s workmen’s compensation insurance liability carrier. There is no dispute that Nelson’s death was work related. Shortly after Nelson’s death there arose…