Game and Fish Department v. Pardoe

This is a Workmen’s Compensation case wherein the State Compensation Insurance Fund (hereafter referred to as the Fund) and the Game and Fish Department for the State of Colorado (hereafter referred to as Game and Fish) seek to reverse the judgment of the trial court which affirmed a final award of the Industrial Commission (hereafter referred to as the Commission), granting compensation benefits to Mildred I. Pardoe as the surviving widow of Harry N. Pardoe, who prior to his death was an employee of Game and Fish.

The ultimate question to be resolved is whether the Commission, on the basis of…