CREACY v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION

No. 19713.

366 P.2d 384 (1961)

Mary Lois CREACY, formerly known as Mary Lois Hale, Claimant in the Matter of the Death of Willard Hale, Plaintiff in Error, v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION of State of Colorado, Jeffries Eaves, Inc., a corporation, and Travelers Insurance Company, a corporation, Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado. En Banc.

November 20, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Pyle, Johnson & Makris, Denver, for plaintiff in error.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., Frank E. Hickey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Peter L. Dye, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error Industrial Comm.

Wood, Ris & Hames, Denver, for defendants in error Jeffries Eaves, Inc., and Travelers Ins. Co.


HALL, Chief Justice.

The Industrial Commission of Colorado awarded compensation, in the total sum of $11,466 payable at the monthly rate of $159.25, to Mary Lois Hale as the dependent widow of Willard Hale, who suffered fatal injuries in the course of his employment. The decedent had no children.

Mary Lois Hale, now Creacy, remarried and thereupon petitioned the Industrial Commission for a lump sum settlement of one half of the balance of her unpaid compensation...

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