Blessing v. Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp.

Plaintiff brought this action on an employer’s liability policy of insurance, issued by the defendant to the Oregon Casket Company, to recover for the death of her husband who sustained a personal injury by accident, causing his death, while in the employ of the Oregon Casket Company.

It was alleged, in the complaint and admitted by the answer, that at the time of the accident neither the deceased nor his employer was subject to the Oregon Workmen’s Compensation Act. The damage, sought to be recovered herein, is the amount of the compensation which the plaintiff would have been entitled to…