Hensley v. Carl Graham Glass

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Holmes, J.:

This is a workmen’s compensation appeal from a Sedgwick County district court judgment affirming an order of the workmen’s compensation director which allowed death benefits to the claimant-appellee. The original appeal was dismissed by the Court of Appeals and we granted a petition for review.

On August 11, 1976, Elmer Wallace Hensley was employed by Carl Graham Glass. On this day, Mr. Hensley and other employees were installing glass around air conditioners on the roof of a parking garage adjacent to Page Court in downtown Wichita, Kansas.…