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SHERIS v. SHERIS CO.

188 S.E.2d 367 (1972)

212 Va. 825

Maida Ludvik SHERIS et al. v. The SHERIS CO. and Travelers Insurance Company.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 24, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Simmonds, Arlington, Richard A. Mehler, Washington, D. C. (Lawrence S. Schaffner, Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellants.

J. Howe Brown, Alexandria (Boothe, Prichard & Dudley, Alexandria, on brief), for appellees.

Before SNEAD, C. J., and I'ANSON, CARRICO, GORDON, HARRISON, COCHRAN and HARMAN, JJ.

HARRISON, Justice.

William T. Sheris, president of The Sheris Company, died on October 12, 1967 while a passenger on a flight of British European Airways Corporation (BEAC) which crashed into the Aegean Sea. It is agreed that his death arose out of and in the course of his employment by his company. As a result the Industrial Commission of Virginia (Commission) awarded compensation to Mrs. Maida Ludvik Sheris, his widow, for the joint and equal use of herself and...

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