Aetna Life Insurance v. Industrial Commission

LAURA C. Oakley was awarded compensation by the Industrial Commission for the death of her son, Lyle Oakley. The district court affirmed the award and the insurance carrier and the employer bring error.

The deceased was a farm hand and was sent by his employer to work for a day on a neighbor's farm. While returning by the most feasible route, with a team of horses, but without a wagon, crossing a high rocky hill near a wire fence, he and the horses were killed by lightning. He was so near the horses that one of them fell on him and he was so found.

The sole question for us is whether the death…