LYON v. WILSON

No. 45,165

201 Kan. 768 (1968)

443 P.2d 314

GEORGETTA LYON, Widow and as Guardian of LINDSEY LEE LYON, CLAUDIA GAY LYON, TIMOTHY LEON LYON and FRANCES DARLENE LYON, Minors (Lee Roy Lyon, Deceased), Appellee, v. DEAN WILSON, d/b/a L & W Well Service, and FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed July 13, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max E. Eberhart, of Great Bend, argued the cause, and H. Lee Turner and J. Eugene Balloun, of Great Bend, were with him on the brief for the appellants.

William H. Pringle, of Great Bend, argued the cause, and Melvin O. Nuss, Vernon L. Nuss, Leonard A. Birzer, and Gary L. Kaufman, of Great Bend, were with him on the brief for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

O'CONNOR, J.:

This is a workmen's compensation case where the employee, Lee Roy Lyon, died as the result of a coronary occlusion on September 12, 1962. The examiner's denial of compensation to the claimant (widow, and guardian of the minor children) was approved by the director. On appeal the district court found that Lyon had sustained an injury by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment, and awarded...

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