WASHINGTON BY WASHINGTON v. DONALDSON'S

No. C1-84-856.

359 N.W.2d 599 (1984)

James WASHINGTON, deceased, by Anita WASHINGTON, Trustee, Relator, v. DONALDSON'S (MAJAC, INC.) and Employers Insurance of Wausau, Travelers Insurance Company, Respondents, Group Health Plan, intervenor, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

December 21, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. LaVerdiere, Hastings, for relator.

R.V. Illgen, Minneapolis, for Travelers Ins. Co.

Bonnie A. Peterson, Minneapolis, for Employers Ins. of Wausau.

Randall W. Sayers, St. Paul for Group Health Plan, Inc.

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


WAHL, Justice.

Employee, James Washington, died on March 6, 1982, of asbestosis and carcinoma of the lungs. Relator, his widow, was awarded dependency compensation and accrued disability compensation by a compensation judge who determined that employee's exposure to asbestos during his employment with Donaldson's from 1973 through 1977 had contributed substantially to the diseases which caused his disability and death. She now seeks review of a decision of the Workers...

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