ALLSTATE MESSENGER SERVICE v. JAMES

Record No. 790736.

266 S.E.2d 86 (1980)

ALLSTATE MESSENGER SERVICE and Travelers Insurance Company v. Brian Donnell JAMES, an infant, etc.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 18, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John O. Easton, Fairfax (Carr, Jordan, Coyne & Savits, Fairfax, on brief), for appellants.

Robert E. Wright, Fairfax, for appellee.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON and THOMPSON, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The sole issue on this appeal is whether the evidence was sufficient to support a finding by the Industrial Commission that a claimant of death benefits under the Workmen's Compensation Act was the child of the deceased employee.

Larry Williams, an employee of Allstate Messenger Service, was killed in an accident compensable under the Act. Purporting to be decedent's son, Brian Donnell James, an infant suing by his mother, Velma James, filed a...

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