Mountain States Mutual Casualty Company v. Redd

DENTON, Chief Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. Sylvia Redd, surviving widow of Raymond Redd, was awarded statutory death benefits under the Workmen’s Compensation Act for the death of her husband. The jury found Redd received an accidental injury in the course of his employment with Mathis Irrigation Service on April 28, 1964. From a judgment, based on this jury verdict, Mountain States Mutual Casualty Company, the employer’s insurance carrier, has perfected this appeal.

Raymond Redd, shop foreman for Mathis, had been employed by that concern since June of 1961. The company was…