LUMBERMEN'S UNDERWRITING ALLIANCE v. BELL

No. 1298.

594 S.W.2d 569 (1980)

LUMBERMEN'S UNDERWRITING ALLIANCE, Appellant, v. Dorothy Lane BELL et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Tyler.

Rehearing Denied February 28, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Perkins, Lufkin, for appellant.

C. A. Keeling, Martin & Keeling, Longview, for appellees.


McKAY, Justice.

This is an appeal by the insurance carrier, Lumbermen's Underwriting Alliance, form a judgment based upon a jury verdict awarding death benefits to Dorothy Lane Bell, as next friend for her minor son, Vincent B. Bell, under the Workers' Compensation Act. The minor was the son of Louis L. Whitaker, the deceased workman.

Whitaker was a 32 year old man who was an employee of Nacogdoches County Lumber Company. On May 20, 1977, a hot day with temperature...

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