W.S. NEWELL, INC. v. THURMOND

Civ. 4918.

481 So.2d 398 (1985)

W.S. NEWELL, INC. v. James David THURMOND and Vera Evelyn Thurmond.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

November 27, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Anderson of Hill, Hill, Carter, Franco, Cole & Black, Montgomery, for appellant.

Sam E. Loftin, Phenix City, and W. Banks Herndon, Opelika, for appellees.


HOLMES, Judge.

This is a workmen's compensation case which presents a question of first impression to this court.

The employer appeals the amended judgment of the trial court by which it awarded compensation benefits of $68 per week for 500 weeks. We reverse.

The employee died in the line and scope of his employment, and his parents, who were determined to be his partial dependents, filed the present suit to recover workmen's compensation benefits...

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