Highway Ins. Underwriters v. Le Beau

SPEER, Justice.

This a workmen’s compensation case. Mrs. Inez LeBeau, for herself and as next friend for her minor child, alleged to be the sole surviving beneficiaries of R. C. LeBeau, deceased, sued Highway Insurance Underwriters for dependents’ benefits and compensation for the death of the husband and father, R. C. LeBeau. J. D. Franklin was the employer.

Insofar as necessary to state, plaintiff sought recovery because the employer had previously purchased from the carrier a policy of workmen’s compensation insurance covering the compensable injuries to R. C. LeBeau; that for nearly two…