Scott v. State Accident Insurance Fund

This is a Workers’ Compensation case in which SAIF first accepted the claim but later denied it, the referee affirmed the denial, the Board reversed. The facts are as set forth in the following "Order on Review.”

"Claimant, a 49-year-old rancher, suffered a low back injury on October 11,1974 while trying to bring his horse under control after it was stampeded by a truck whose driver drove his vehicle into a herd of cattle claimant was driving along a public highway.

"Claimant and his wife had entered into an agreement in January 1970 with Erickson Supermarket to manage and occupy a ranch owned…