City Diesel Service v. Collier

LAVENDER, Justice:

Laquita M. Collier filed a claim in the Workers’ Compensation Court for the benefit of the dependent children of Roy S. Collier, deceased, who suffered pecuniary loss from their father’s death on February 1, 1977, caused by accidental injury on January 20, 1977. Petitioners defended this claim on the grounds that deceased was a *1294loaned servant of respondent Galveston Truck Lines, therefore respondents Galveston and its insurance carrier, Fireman’s Fund, should be liable for payment of benefits.

Order was entered finding claimant’s deceased an employee of petitioner City Diesel…