THAKE v. BACKHAULS, INC.

No. C7-83-396.

345 N.W.2d 745 (1984)

Kenneth V. THAKE, Relator, v. BACKHAULS, INCORPORATED and Aetna Life & Casualty, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 16, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary E. Stoneking, Hvass, Weisman, & King, Minneapolis, for relator.

Peter J. Pustorino, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court en banc without oral argument.


SIMONETT, Justice.

An employee seeks review of a split decision of the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals denying his claim for compensation on the grounds that the employee's intoxication was the proximate cause of his injuries. We affirm.

The known facts are not in serious dispute. Employee Kenneth V. Thake was employed as a dispatcher by respondent Backhauls, Incorporated. He worked at the Backhauls building on the east side of Concord Boulevard in...

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