Eagle Indemnity Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission

Clarence Abernathy, acting as a pilot for Nat’s Air Transportation Service, was, on October 17, 1946, killed in an airplane crash. In addition to his duties as pilot, Abernathy was secretary of Nat’s Air Transportation Service, a corporation, but received no remuneration for performance of the secretary’s duties. The employer’s insurance carrier, petitioner, denies liability on the ground that an endorsement attached to the policy of workmen’s compensation insurance excluded Abernathy’s death from coverage because of the following language: “It is agreed that, anything in this policy to the…