HARRISON WESTERN CORPORATION v. CLAIMANTS

No. 26339.

522 P.2d 722 (1974)

HARRISON WESTERN CORPORATION and Employers Fire Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. CLAIMANTS in the Matter of the Death OF Jasper C. HICKS et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied June 17, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zarlengo, Mott & Zarlengo, Albert E. Zarlengo, Jr., Denver, for petitioners.

Hutchinson, Black, Hill, Buchanan & Cook, Peter M. Van Zante, Boulder, for respondents.

John P. Moore, Atty. Gen., John E. Bush, Deputy Atty. Gen., Peter L. Dye, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for Director of Labor and The Industrial Commission.


GROVES, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Industrial Commission awarding death benefits under the Colorado Workmen's Compensation Act. We accepted jurisdiction from the Court of Appeals on account of a possible constitutional question. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

The facts in this case are not in dispute. Jasper C. Hicks was killed in an automobile accident when his car went off the road. The deceased had been employed by Harrison...

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