Airco, Inc. v. Hollington

Rhodes, Justice:

In this appeal, the Court is asked to decide whether the lower court ruled correctly when it compelled an employer and its insurance carrier to pay a duplicate award of workmen’s compensation benefits on account of the death of a deceased employee. For the reasons set forth herein, we affirm the order.

Willie Hollington, the deceased, died as the result of injuries sustained by him arising out of and in the course of his employment. The appellants, the employer and its workmen’s compensation insurance carrier, concede that Willie Hollington’s death is compensable under the…