HIGGINS v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N

No. 20218.

700 P.2d 704 (1985)

Jacqueline S. HIGGINS, widow, and Ronald S. Higgins, a minor child of David Harold Higgins, deceased, Plaintiffs, v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION of Utah, J.F. Shea Company, Inc. and Employers Insurance of Wausau, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Utah.

May 17, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Kunz, Ogden, Paul Richards Howell, Salt Lake City, for plaintiffs.

David L. Wilkinson, Atty. Gen., Robert W. Brandt, Salt Lake City, for defendants.


STEWART, Justice:

Jacqueline and Ronald Higgins, claimants and plaintiffs below, sought workmen's compensation benefits for the death of their husband and father, David Higgins. The Industrial Commission denied benefits. We affirm.

In 1982, David Higgins worked as a lubrication engineer for defendant J.F. Shea Company at its Currant Creek Dam project near Heber City, Utah. Higgins worked first from April until June, and after leaving to work for another company...

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