SIZEMORE v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF UTAH

No. 8370.

4 Utah 2d 126 (1955)

288 P.2d 788

MAYBELL F. SIZEMORE, WIDOW OF WILLIAM L. SIZEMORE, DECEASED, SARAH LUETTA PETERSON, STEPCHILD OF DECEASED, AND MICKEY SIZEMORE AND CARMA SIZEMORE, MINOR CHILDREN OF DECEASED, PLAINTIFFS, v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF UTAH, GEORGE NEWELL JENSEN, AND THE STATE INSURANCE FUND, DEFENDANTS.

Supreme Court of Utah.

October 20, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Vernon Langlois, Salt Lake City, J. Harold Call, Heber City, for appellant.

E.R. Callister, Jr., Atty. Gen., F.A. Trottier, Salt Lake City, for respondent.


CROCKETT, Justice.

This case comes to us on certiorari to review an order of the Industrial Commission, on the ground that it abused its discretion in making an allocation of an award to dependents.

The deceased, William L. Sizemore, a sawmill employee, met his death when the cabin in which he was staying while on the job caught fire and burned. It is conceded that the accident causing his death arose out of and in the course of his employment.

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