T & T LOVELAND CHINCHILLA RANCH v. BOURN

No. 24275.

477 P.2d 457 (1970)

T & T LOVELAND CHINCHILLA RANCH, Employer, the Travelers Insurance Company, Insurer, and the Industrial Commission of Colorado, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Margaret B. BOURN, as the Widow of Byron Bourn, and Lynn Maree Bourn, the minor daughter of Byron Bourn, deceased, by her Mother and Next Friend, Margaret B. Bourn, Claimants in the Matter of the Death of Byron Bourn, Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied December 28, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wood, Ris & Hames, F. Michael Ludwig, Denver, for plaintiffs in error T & T Loveland Chinchilla Ranch and The Travelers Ins. Co.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen. John P. Moore, Deputy Atty. Gen., Peter L. Dye, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff in error The Industrial Commission of Colorado.

Hill & Hill, Alden T. Hill, Fort Collins, for defendant in error.


GROVES, Justice.

This involves a writ of error addressed to a district court judgment which reversed a denial of a compensation award by the Industrial Commission. Our disposition of this matter results from a different interpretation of the statutory definitions of "accident" and "injury" as applied to heart attack cases than that employed by the commission and the court.

The plaintiffs in error are the T & T Loveland Chinchilla Ranch (the employer),...

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