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INSURANCE CO. OF NORTH AMERICA v. RUSSELL

36095, 36096.

246 Ga. 269 (1980)

271 S.E.2d 178

INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA et al. v. RUSSELL; and vice versa.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 8, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Drew, Richard C. Kissiah, for appellants.

John W. Folsom, Glenville Haldi, for appellee.

HILL, Justice.

The question for decision here is the constitutionality of the conclusive presumption of dependency in favor of widows (but not widowers) under our workers' compensation law, and if unconstitutional, whether that conclusive presumption shall be available to both widows and widowers.

Following the death of his wife as a result of gunshot wounds sustained in the course of a robbery at her place of employment...

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