COOLEY v. CONSTRUCTION LABORERS LOCAL UNION NO. 405, A. F. OF L.

No. 42202.

178 N.W.2d 697 (1970)

Muriel G. COOLEY, widow of Joseph Cooley, deceased employe, Relator, v. CONSTRUCTION LABORERS LOCAL UNION NO. 405, A. F. OF L., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

June 26, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Plunkett & Peterson, Rochester, for relator.

Brown & Bins, Rochester, for respondents.

Heard before KNUTSON, C. J., and ROGOSHESKE, SHERAN, PETERSON, and FRANK T. GALLAGHER, JJ.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

Certiorari to review a decision of the Workmen's Compensation Commission.

On March 13, 1967, Joseph Cooley, who was employed by the Construction Laborers Local Union No. 405, AFL-CIO, committed suicide. These proceedings for workmen's compensation benefits were instituted on the theory that the death was employment-related. The Workmen's Compensation Commission in an unanimous opinion has found that death did not arise out of...

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