Steffes v. 93 Leasing Co., Inc.

HASWELL, Chief Justice.

Defendant United States Fidelity &' Guaranty Company (U.S.F.&G.) appeals from an order of the Workers’ Compensatin Court which determined that decedent had met his death while in the course and scope of his employment, which provided certain benefits be paid claimant, and which imposed a statutory penalty increasing the award to claimant by 10 percent.

In the early morning hours of July 31, 1976, James R. Steffes, an employee of 93 Leasing Company, Inc. of Missoula, Montana, was killed in a pickup-truck collision as he and the driver of the pickup, Steve Kottre, were…