State Compensation Insurance Fund v. Russell

This is a workman’s compensation action brought by the employee’s widow, Minnie E. Russell, as claimant, for compensation on account of the accidental death of her husband, a deputy water commissioner in Huerfano county employed by the state. The Industrial Commission denied her claim, but the district court reversed the findings of the commission and remanded the cause with instructions to enter an award in favor of claimant. The State Compensation Insurance Fund, which was the insurance carrier, and the Industrial Commission seek reversal of the judgment of the trial court here and ask for…