Dobbs v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

In this worker’s compensation direct appeal, the trial court held the employee’s injury was “due to intoxication” and therefore not compensable. We agree and affirm.

The plaintiff, James Dobbs (“Dobbs”), was either employed by Allied Construction Company, Inc., or Eugene Key, a subcontractor of Allied, as a carpenter, and was assigned to a crew which was completing the interior of a two-story log home. The defendant, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (“Liberty”), insured Allied Construction Company, Inc. Eugene Key was uninsured. On the morning of June 9, 1988, Dobbs…