Carnesecca v. Wasatch Bank of Pleasant Grove

After a plenary hearing followed by the steps necessary for review, the claimants (plaintiffs) seek reversal of the Commission’s denial of workmen’s compensation death benefits.

The administrative law judge found that no benefits were payable since the decedent was not in the course of his employment at the time he was killed. The evidence was clear that the decedent was killed in a plane crash after he had been invited to go elk hunting with his brother-in-law, Savage. The latter furnished the plane and supplied all the expenses incident to its use.

The law judge found that decedent was vice…