Dangerfield v. Indemnity Ins. Co. of North America

HAMITER, Justice.

Anderson Dangerfield, on April 6, 1943, was accidentally killed while performing his duties as an employee of the BlawKnox Construction Company in Baton Rouge. To recover compensation for herself and for her two unacknowledged illegitimate minor children, his widow, with whom he was living, instituted this action against the employer’s insurer.

Plaintiff alleged that although her chil'dren were born out of wedlock prior to her marriage to decedent, and as issue of relationships with other men, they were '• decedent’s legitimate stepchildren and were entirely dependent upon him…