Dillon v. Traders General Ins. Co.

OTT, Judge.

The suit is to recover- compensation for the death of Obie Dillon, a colored man, who died as a result of an injury received by him on March 5, 1937, while loading logs . for the Kent Piling Company, Inc. The suit is against the insurance carrier of the employer only. There is no dispute about the injury and death of Obie Dillon in the course of his employment, and the fact that he was receiving wages of $12 per week. Plaintiff claims compensation for 300 weeks at $3.90 per week, being 32% per cent of the weekly wage.

Plaintiff alleges that she was married to the deceased on the 23d…