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RUFFIN v. TRAVELERS INS. CO.

No. 10253.

312 So.2d 878 (1975)

Leola Jackson RUFFIN, Individually, etc. v. The TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

May 19, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald C. Cave, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-defendant in Reconvention Leola J. Ruffin.

Eugene R. Groves, Baton Rouge, for defendant and plaintiff in Reconvention The Travelers Ins. Co.

George H. Jones, New Orleans, for defendant in Reconvention Annette Thornton.

Before LANDRY, BLANCHE and YELVERTON, JJ.

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...

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