Creacy v. Industrial Commission

*431The Industrial Commission of Colorado awarded compensation, in the total sum of $11,466.00 payable at the monthly rate of $159.25, to Mary Lois Hale as the dependent widow of Willard Hale, who suffered fatal injuries in the course of his employment. The decedent had no children.

Mary Lois Hale, now Creacy, remarried and thereupon petitioned the Industrial Commission for a lump sum settlement of one-half of the balance of her unpaid compensation. Her claim was based on C.R.S. ’53, 81-11-4.

The Commission held that her right to compensation terminated upon her remarriage, as provided by C.R.S.…