Ryan v. Centennial Race Track, Inc.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment in a negligence action in favor of the defendant on the ground that the provisions of Colorado’s Workmen’s Compensation Act, section 8-40-101, et seq., C.R.S. 1973, barred recovery. We affirm.

Robert A. Ryan was employed by the defendant, Centennial Race Track, Inc., in Littleton, Colorado. On August 1, 1975, he was fatally injured in an elevator accident while at work. The decedent’s father, Robert E. Ryan, received a $1,000 funeral allowance but did not receive death benefits because he had not been financially dependent upon his son. Robert E. Ryan…