 | Board of Visitors minutes September 12, 1945 |  |
CLAIM OF MAMIE C. COVINGTON ON ACCOUNT OF THE INJURY AND DEATH OF HER HUSBAND, CASTOR COVINGTON:
Mr. Perkins, Attorney for the University, appeared before the Board and made a report upon the
claim of Mamie C. Covington, now pending before the Industrial Commission of Virginia, for compensation
on account of the injury and death of her husband, Castor Covington, which occurred on the 19th of May,
1945, while said Castor Covington was employed as a storeroom orderly in the University Hospital. Mr.
Perkins, after making a full statement of facts in this case, briefly outlined what he considered to be
the law applicable thereto and reported that counsel for said Mamie C. Covington had offered to settle
the claim for the sum of $1500.00.
Mr. Perkins further made a recommendation to the Board that he be authorized to offer $500.00
in full settlement of the claim and he requested this Board to appoint a Committee with full power to
act in the premises should said offer of $500.00 be declined. After a full discussion of the whole
situation, it was
RESOLVED, that the Attorney for the University is hereby instructed to decline the offer of
counsel for Mamie C. Covington as widow of Castor Covington, deceased, to settle her claims for
compensation by the payment of $1500.00, but said Attorney is hereby authorized to settle claim,
if possible, for a sum not exceeding $1000.00.
| Board of Visitors minutes September 12, 1945 | |