WENGLER v. DRUGGISTS MUT. INS. CO.

No. 60442.

583 S.W.2d 162 (1979)

Paul J. WENGLER, Respondent, v. DRUGGISTS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, and Dicus Prescription Drugs, Inc., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied July 17, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph C. Kleinschmidt, Gerre S. Langton, Evans & Dixon, St. Louis, for appellants.

John W. Reid, III, Schnapp, Graham & Reid, Fredericktown, for respondent.


BARDGETT, Judge.

The issue on this appeal is whether the provision contained in section 287.240, RSMo Supp.1976, which affords a conclusive presumption of dependency to a widow for obtaining workmen's compensation benefits for the death of her spouse but requires a widower to prove actual dependency to receive reciprocal benefits, offends the equal protection clause of art. 1, sec. 2, Mo.Const., and amendment 14, U.S.Const.

Plaintiff-respondent Paul J. Wengler...

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