Campbell v. Young Motor Co.

Defendants, Young Motor Company, employer, and Federated Mutual Insurance, the insurer, appeal a judgment of the Workers’ Compensation Court awarding death benefits to Rebecca Campbell, the widow of Raymond Campbell, who committed suicide five years after he sustained a compensable injury. The trial court found there existed a causal connection between the injury and the ultimate suicide. We affirm.

The primary question, one not decided by this Court, is whether the Workers’ Compensation Act permits recovery for a suicide, if it can be shown that a previous compensable injury was a substantial…