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FIDELITY AND CAS. CO. OF NEW YORK v. MASTERS

No. 12936.

335 So.2d 722 (1976)

The FIDELITY AND CASUALTY COMPANY OF NEW YORK et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Evelyn Diffey MASTERS et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 3, 1976.

Writ Refused October 27, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bice & Wiley by Jim Wiley, Winnfield, for defendants-appellants Nellie Ann Madison and Evelyn Diffey Masters.

Baker, Culpepper & Brunson by Bobby L. Culpepper, Jonesboro, for defendants-appellants William Lonnie Masters and Donna Pearl Masters, for appellants.

Blanchard, Walker, O'Quin & Roberts by Jerald L. Perlman, Shreveport, for appellees.

Before BOLIN, PRICE and HALL, JJ.

En Banc. Rehearing Denied August 3, 1976.

PRICE, Judge.

The constitutional question in this workmen's compensation proceeding is whether the conclusive statutory presumption of dependency accorded minor children living with an injured employee denies equal protection to other minor children not living with him.

William L. Masters was killed while performing work in the course of his employment with Rex Drilling Company, Inc. on June 22, 1969. This...

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