Howard v. Maryland Casualty Co.

McBRIDE, Judge.

Plaintiff has appealed from a judgment dismissing her suit, which she had brought under the Workmen’s Compensation Law, LSA-R.S. 23:1021 et seq., claiming compensation at the rate of $16.25 for 300 weeks for the death of her husband, Carrol Ledet, which occurred as a result of injuries sustained by him on May 5, 1953, while driving an automobile from New Orleans to Shreveport for his employer, Fairchild Motor Corporation. The said employer and its workmen’s compensation liability insurer, Maryland Casualty Company, Inc., are-named as defendants. Plaintiff alleges that she was…