ESTATE OF BABB v. GTE SYLVANIA, INC.

No. 53262.

417 So.2d 545 (1982)

Legal Heirs and/or ESTATE OF Wilbert B. BABB, Deceased v. GTE SYLVANIA, INC. (Zinsco Electrical Products of Mississippi) and American Motorists Insurance Company.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 21, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Witt, John C. Underwood, Jr., Taylor, Witt & Underwood, Jackson, for appellant.

Dan McCullen, Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, Jackson, for appellees.

Before WALKER, P.J., and BROOM and ROY NOBLE LEE, JJ.


ROY NOBLE LEE, Justice, for the Court:

William B. Babb filed a claim for workmen's compensation benefits (motion to controvert) on March 9, 1978, alleging that he suffered emotional trauma in the scope of his employment during the period from April 1, 1976, to November 23, 1976. On April 4, 1978, Babb committed suicide by a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, and his motion to controvert was revived in the name of his estate. On August 11, 1978, Mrs. Sara Babb...

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