Industrial Commission v. Havens

This is a workmen’s compensation case involving undisputed evidence as to the facts. We will refer to decedent Clifford Grant Havens, the. deceased employée, as Havens; to those claiming under him, as claimants, or by name; and to the plaintiffs in error as employer.

The record shows that Havens, age 47, was employed on February 2, 1956, six days prior to his death, to drive a truck for employer on a Denver-Chicago run. He drove from Nebraska to Chicago, then to Denver on this occasion. Lloyd Ballinger was his relief or co-driver on the journey. In Chicago they picked up a load of about ten…