Lumbermen's Underwriting Alliance v. Bell

McKAY, Justice.

This is an appeal by the insurance carrier, Lumbermen’s Underwriting Alliance, form a judgment based upon a jury verdict awarding death benefits to Dorothy Lane Bell, as next friend for her minor son, Vincent B. Bell, under the Workers’ Compensation Act. The minor was the son of Louis L. Whitaker, the deceased workman.

Whitaker was a 32 year old man who was an employee of Nacogdoches County Lumber Company. On May 20, 1977, a hot day with temperature in the 90’s and with no breeze blowing, he was engaged in stacking lumber out in the sun. For the two weeks preceding his death…