Roepke v. Rice County 66 Oil

SCOTT, Justice.

Certiorari appeal to review a decision of the Worker’s Compensation Court of Appeals denying a request for an autopsy on the body of a deceased employee. We affirm.

Lawrence B. Roepke was an employee of relator Rice County 66 Oil. On October 4, 1976, while he was driving his employer’s van in the course of the employer’s business in a southerly direction on Rice County Highway No. 3, his vehicle swerved suddenly into the oncoming lane of traffic and collided with a northbound semi-tractor trailer unit. The driver of the tractor-trailer stated that he did not see anyone behind…