Court Opinion

ID: 9591795
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 00:07:40.324762+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:01:12.039181
License: Public Domain

DAVISON, Justice
(concurring specialty)-
I concur in the majority opinion only because of the reason of stare decisis. I thought the case of Updike Advertising System v. State Industrial Commission referred to and wholly relied on by the majority opinion was incorrect. I am still of the view that the reasoning expressed in my dissenting opinion in the Updike case is correct, particularly with reference to the distinction between insurance and death benefit awards under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. I am of the conviction that, since a death benefit award cannot be made unless the deceased employee left persons who were dependent upon him for support and therefore suffered pecuniary loss by reason of his death, it cannot be comparable to insurance which is always payable to someone when the death occurs regardless of pecuniary loss or dependency.
However, since the majority of the court still adheres to the correctness of the Updike case, I feel it my duty at this time to concur specially for the reason above stated.