State Compensation Insurance Fund of Colorado v. Industrial Commission

HOWE, Justice:

This is a petition to review a final order of the Industrial Commission of Utah (Utah Commission) which granted Kathryn Thompson workmen’s compensation benefits from the State Compensation Insurance Fund of Colorado (Colorado Fund). The Colorado Fund seeks to have the order vacated and the case remanded with direction to dismiss it from the action.

The facts are not disputed. Ted Lewis Thompson died and his wife Kathryn was injured in a traffic accident which occurred in the course of his employment. He was driving a truck owned by his employer Ro-landa Feeds, Inc., a Colorado…