Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance v. Commercial Standard Insurance

Parks, J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment denying plaintiff recovery for funeral and workmen’s compensation fund payments.

Plaintiff Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, Inc. insured Don Broomfield for workmen’s compensation loss. On November 25,1975, employee Galen R. Watkins was killed on the job while driving one of Broomfield’s, vehicles. The other vehicle involved was insured by the defendant Commercial Standard Insurance Company.

Because the deceased left no dependents, as defined by K.S.A. 1979 Supp. 44-508(c), plaintiff paid $1,000 to the funeral home (K.S.A. 1979 Supp. 44-510b[/]),…