WILLIAMS v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION

No. 10273.

17 Utah 2d 169 (1965)

406 P.2d 707

COLITA WILLIAMS AND MAE WILLIAMS, DEPENDENTS OF EARL RAY WILLIAMS, DECEASED, PLAINTIFFS, v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF UTAH, MESA DRILLERS AND EMPLOYERS CASUALTY COMPANY, DEFENDANTS.

Supreme Court of Utah.

October 25, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Froerer, M. Blaine Peterson, Ogden, for plaintiffs.

Phil L. Hansen, Atty. Gen., State of Utah, Cannon, Duffin & Pace, Lorin N. Pace, Salt Lake City, for defendants.


HENRIOD, Chief Justice.

Review of the Commission's denial of an award. Affirmed.

Applicant's husband worked for Mesa Drillers, a Texas oil driller, which, at the time of the alleged injury was drilling an oil well in S.E. Utah. Williams had worked for three or four weeks. He commuted with several other employees from his home in Cortez, Colorado.

It is asserted that he spent possibly two hours mixing a "mud" compound designed to flush out clogged pipes...

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