Unigard Insurance v. Elmore

Deen, Presiding Judge.

The deceased employee in this workmen’s compensation case was driving a loaded truck at an estimated speed of about 50 miles per hour on a straight road in daylight approaching an obstructed intersection with an unpaved road. The truck, without showing any skidmarks on the highway, ran off the pavement and traveled 252 feet before hitting an embankment and fatally injuring the driver. There were no eyewitnesses. The deputy director returned an award in favor of the widow claimant which was affirmed by the full board and that judgment in turn was affirmed by the judge of…