Copple v. Bowlin

This is a workmen’s compensation case brought by the employer and his insurance carrier to determine the dependents entitled to the benefits resulting from an employee’s death arising out of and in the course of his employment. The trial court held that the minor defendant David Cecil Bowlin was entitled to recover all the benefits provided by the Nebraska Workmen’s Compensation Act resulting from the death of his father Cecil Bowlin. An appeal to this court was taken by the minor defendant Ronnie Bowlin.

-Cecil Bowlin was employed by William O. Copple to manage a service station in Lincoln.…