Olson v. Felix

Sheran, Justice.

Certiorari to review a decision of the Industrial Commission awarding benefits to the surviving wife of Lawrence Olson, deceased employee of Myron Felix. The employer-relator and Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York, insurer-relator, contend that the record compels a finding that intoxication was the proximate cause of the employee’s fatal injury and that recovery should be denied under the provisions of Minn. St. 176.021, subd. 1.

From the record it appears that the decedent was employed by a road contractor as a grader operator. He was so employed for a period of about 15…