Ruffin v. Travelers Insurance Co.

YELVERTON, Judge.

This is a workmen’s compensation death case presenting the rival claims of a wholly dependent widow and a partially dependent illegitimate acknowledged minor child.

The suit was filed by Leola Jackson Ruffin as the widow of Arthur Ruffin. He was electrocuted on July 4, 1973, while in the employ of Falcon Chemical Corporation. The action was brought against the workmen’s compensation insurer of Falcon. At the time of his death Ruffin was earning wages in excess of $400 per week as an electrician. Leola Jackson Ruffin and Arthur Ruffin were living together when he died. The…