CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, POLICE DEPT. v. SMERDEL

No. 21816.

440 P.2d 158 (1968)

CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, POLICE DEPARTMENT, and State Compensation Insurance Fund, Plaintiffs In Error, v. Blanche C. SMERDEL, Individually and as Next Friend of Susan K. Smerdel, a minor (Claimants In the Matter of the Death of Edward H. Smerdel), and the Industrial Commission of Colorado, Defendants In Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

April 29, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred B. Dudley, Francis L. Bury, Feay B. Smith, Jr., Denver, for plaintiff in error State Compensation Insurance Fund.

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

John G. Field, Denver, for defendants in error Blanche C. Smerdel, individually and as next friend of Susan K. Smerdel, a minor.


GEORGE McLACHLAN, District Judge.*

This is a workmen's compensation case in which the dependents (widow and daughter) of Edward H. Smerdel, a police officer of the City and County of Denver, were awarded compensation for his death.

In the trial court the plaintiffs in error, City and County of Denver, Police Department, and the State Compensation Insurance Fund were plaintiffs. They will be referred to as the employer and the Fund...

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