National Zinc Company v. Wilson

JACKSON, Justice.

In this case the employee, Willard Wallace Wilson, filed a claim for compensation for disability due to occupational disease and later died from other causes before an award was entered by the State Industrial Court. Thereafter the claim was revived in the names of his dependents and an award was made in their favor. Petitioners, the employer and insurance carrier, bring this proceeding to review the award.

The method of revivor, the dependents named, and the sufficiency of the evidence to support the award are not presented as issues in this case, and the petitioners argue…