United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Dunlap

LAWSON, Justice.

O. B. Dunlap, an employee of the highway department of the State of Alabama, was killed by lightning on July 20, 1960, as he was guarding convicts who were working on a highway in Cullman County.

Mary Eula Dunlap, as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, instituted this suit in the Circuit Court of Cull-man County against United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, a corporation, for breach of the conditions of an insurance policy procured by the state highway department as authorized by § 3, Title 23, Code 1940, as amended. Said amended statute, which enumerates…