Utah Fuel Co. v. Industrial Commission

WOLFE, Justice.

Certiorari to the Industrial Commission to review an order awarding compensation to the widow and five children of Lyman C. Jensen, deceased. The Utah Fuel Company, petitioner herein, is a self insurer under the Workmen’s. Compensation Act, Rev. St. 1933, 42-1-1 et seq.

Lyman C. Jensen, deceased, was an employee of the petitioner. He entered into employment with petitioner in September, 1940, at which time he submitted to a “whole-physical examination” and was employed. On January 3, 1941, deceased, while prying down some top coal in the course of his employment, stood upon a…