Phillips v. Eureka Casualty Co.

ROBERT L. TAYLOR, District Judge.

This suit is by Mrs. Elsie Phillips to recover benefits under the Workmen’s Compensation Law of Tennessee, Code, § 6851 et seq., for herself and her three minor children, on account of the death of her husband, Ernest Phillips, who on November 23, 1953 died in a coal mine operated by the New River Fuel Corporation at Fork Mountain, Tennessee. Defendant, Eureka Casualty Company, was the compensation insurance carrier of New River Fuel Company on that date.

It was stipulated by the parties before and during the trial that if plaintiff is entitled to an award she…