Cox v. Ulysses Cooperative Oil & Supply Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Kaul, J.:

This is a workmens compensation case. The appeal is by respondent-employer and its insurance carrier from a judgment of the district court which approved and adopted the findings and award of the examiner in favor of claimant. The claimant is the widow of Melboum A. Cox, the workman who died on February 10, 1973, as a result of a “malignant melanoma” which had metastasized to the brain.

The basic question presented is whether there was substantial competent evidence to support the trial court’s findings that there was an accidental injury which…