Stoddard v. Industrial Commission

MCDONOUGH, Justice.

This is a proceeding brought by Elaine L. Stoddard, widow of David D. Stoddard, on behalf of herself and Mary Lee Stoddard, a minor child, to review a decision of the Industrial Commission denying her application for award of compensation for the death of her husband. It is alleged that on January 17, 1941, while trimming trees for Utah Power & Light Company, a self-insurer, at Wellsville, Utah, said David D. Stoddard had an accident in the course of his employment; that his climbing strap slipped and his left leg got caught between the rounds of his ladder, resulting in…