CONLEY v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION

No. 78-966.

601 P.2d 648 (1979)

Michel O. CONLEY, Deceased, and his heirs, Petitioners, v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION of Colorado, the Director of the Division of Labor and the Department of Labor and Employment, State of Colorado, Estes Park Police Department, Employer, and State Compensation Insurance Fund, Insuror, Respondents.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. III.

Rehearing Denied August 2, 1979.

Certiorari Denied October 15, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Morgan Dilling, Colorado Springs, for petitioners.

William J. Baum, Dale A. Gerlach, Denver, for respondents.


RULAND, Judge.

Claimants, the heirs of Michel O. Conley, seek review of an order of the Industrial Commission denying their claim for death benefits from respondents, City of Estes Park and State Compensation Insurance Fund. We reverse.

The relevant facts are not in dispute. On July 31, 1976, the deceased was employed by the city as a police officer. His employment obligated him to "pull [his] . . . oath [of office] 24 hours a day."

Decedent, while...

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