BLANCHARD v. BELLE PLAINE/VINTON

No. 98-0038.

596 N.W.2d 904 (1999)

Dorothy BLANCHARD, Widow of Beryle M. Blanchard, Employee, Appellant, v. BELLE PLAINE/VINTON MOTOR SUPPLY COMPANY and The Cincinnati Insurance Co., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

April 30, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Bickel and Nancy J. Penner of Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

J. Richard Johnson and Ann M. Cisco of White & Johnson, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellees.

Heard by STREIT, P.J., and VOGEL and ZIMMER, JJ.


VOGEL, J.

Dorothy Blanchard appeals a district court ruling on judicial review affirming the industrial commissioner's decision to deny a worker's compensation claim stemming from the suicide of her husband. We affirm.

Background facts. On March 28, 1993, Beryle Blanchard fatally shot himself in the warehouse of the Belle Plaine/Vinton Motor Supply Company. The company was a family business which was started by Beryle's father and uncle...

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