Wyoming State Treasurer v. Gimlin

Daniel Gilbert Gimlin, deceased, an employee of Wyoming Air Service, a corporation, was killed while piloting an airplane in the business of his employer. His widow, Glenda Vere Gimlin, on behalf of herself and their minor children, filed claims for death benefits under provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Law of Wyoming, Tit. 27, Ch. 4, W.S. 1957, Tit. 27, Ch. 4, W.S.1963 Cum.Supp., and Chs. 17, 18, and 193, S.L. of Wyoming, 1965. The employer did not resist the claims, but the State Treasurer as trustee of the Workmen’s Compensation Fund resisted the claims on the ground that at the…