Carswell v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

The Industrial Accident Board awarded John Vernon Carswell worker’s compensation benefits for a general injury he sustained in the course of his employment, and in order to avoid manifest hardship, ordered the award paid in a lump sum rather than in weekly installments. Mr. Carswell was apparently not satisfied with the amount of the award and he filed suit in the District Court to set it aside. After the insurance carrier answered the suit, but before trial, Mr. Carswell died from causes not related to his compensable injury. The two minor children of Mr. Carswell…