Jones v. Melroe Division, Clark Equipment Co.

Plaintiff, administrator of the estate of Milton Jones, appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Lake County distributing the settlement of wrongful death litigation between her and American States Insurance Company (American States), the worker’s compensation carrier of decedent’s employer and denying her damages for her counterclaim of improper claims practices. American States cross-appeals.

Milton Jones, the decedent, was killed in an accident arising out of his employment by Walter Malinowski, d/b/a W. M. Construction Company. Plaintiff, Mary Lou Jones, wife of the decedent,…