Federal Underwriters Exchange v. Hall

Mr. Judge Taylor,

of the Commission of Appeals, delivered the opinion for the Court.

This is a workmen’s compensation insurance case in which Mrs. Christine Hall, the compensation claimant, joined by her husband, Howard M. Hall, was awarded by the trial court, upon jury findings, a lump sum judgment against Federal Underwriters Exchange, petitioner here. The trial, court’s judgment was affirmed. 179 S. W. (2d) 519.

The basis of Mrs. Hall’s recovery was that she was a dependent compensation beneficiary of her deceased brother, John Anderson. The facts are without dispute. In fact Mrs. Hall was…