MURPHEY v. MARQUEZ

No. 20848.

393 P.2d 553 (1964)

Maurice F. MURPHEY, dba Murphey Roofing, and State Compensation Insurance Fund, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Lucy MARQUEZ, Widow of Joe T. Marquez, on behalf of Herself and Their Minor Children, Jimmey Marquez, Barbara Marquez, Patricia Marquez, Cindy Marquez, and "Baby" Marquez, and Industrial Commission of Colorado, Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado. In Department.

Rehearing Denied July 20, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Clark Thompson, Alious Rockett, Fred B. Dudley, Denver, for plaintiffs in error.

James J. Delaney, Eugene F. Costello, David L. Kofoed, Denver, for defendant in error Lucy Marquez.

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


MOORE, Justice.

This is a workmen's compensation case in which the employer and the state compensation fund seek review of the judgment of the district court by which it upheld an award of benefits to the defendants in error following the accidental death of Joe T. Marquez.

Marquez, a journeyman roofer employed by Maurice F. Murphey, died on December 14, 1960, as a result of a gunshot wound incurred as he was removing a shotgun from the roof of the Armour...

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