HIBBARD v. M-N UTILITIES. INC.

No. 19670-CA.

530 So.2d 1190 (1988)

Mrs. Bert T. HIBBARD, Jr., Theresa Ann Hibbard and Vicki Marie Wilson, as Administratrix of the Estates of her Minor Children, Mary Ellen Clinton, Bryan Christopher Wilson and Barbara Jane Wilson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. M-N UTILITIES, INCORPORATED and Commercial Union Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Writ Denied October 14, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald J. Anzelmo, Monroe, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Theus, Grisham, Davis & Leigh by Phil D. Myers, Monroe, for defendants-appellees.

Before SEXTON, NORRIS and LINDSAY, JJ.


SEXTON, Judge.

The plaintiffs, the widow and dependents of the decedent, appeal the trial court judgment denying their claim for worker's compensation death benefits, funeral expenses, penalties and attorney's fees. We reverse.

At the time of his death from a heart attack, the decedent, age 57, was an employee of the defendant, M-N Utilities, Incorporated. He had worked for the defendant since the mid-1960s. He was a foreman, whose duties included checking...

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