WARD v. IOWA DEPT. OF TRANSP.

No. 65214.

304 N.W.2d 236 (1981)

Mavis WARD, Surviving Spouse of Lloyd Ward, Appellant, v. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION and Iowa Industrial Commissioner, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 15, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David D. Drake, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., and Thomas A. Evans, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellees.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C. J., and UHLENHOPP, HARRIS, McGIVERIN, and LARSON, JJ.


HARRIS, Justice.

Sitting on judicial review of agency action the district court affirmed the industrial commissioner's denial of death benefits. On petitioner's appeal to us we also affirm.

Lloyd R. Ward, the petitioner's decedent, was an employee of Iowa's department of transportation. On May 20, 1975, he was engaged on a highway crew and responsible for cleaning debris from concrete. This accumulation was created by a concrete saw which was used to cut expansion...

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