Federal Underwriters Exchange v. Walker

McClendon, chief justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. The Vincennes (Vincennes Steel Corporation) was the employer; Dudley Walker (W. D. Walker) was the employee, and was killed in the course of his employment; the Federal (Federal Underwriters Exchange) was the insurance carrier; and Jess Walker and wife, Jewel Walker, were father and stepmother, respectively, of Dudley Walker. The Federal contended that the Jones Company (Clarence Jones Construction Company), which carried compensation insurance with the Lloyds (Lloyds American) was a sub-contractor under the Vincennes, and that…