MEILS BY MEILS v. NORTHWESTERN BELL

No. C4-83-1022.

355 N.W.2d 710 (1984)

Howard J. MEILS, deceased employee, by Marilyn MEILS, petitioner, Relator, v. NORTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Self-Insured, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

October 12, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Garvey, Jr., St. Paul, for relator.

Michael C. Jackman, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court en banc without oral argument.


COYNE, Justice.

By writ of certiorari, relator Marilyn Miels seeks review of the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals' denial of her claim for death benefits following her husband's suicide. The Court of Appeals overturned the compensation judge's award of benefits to relator and her two minor children. We reverse and remand for further proceedings in accordance with this opinion.

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The decedent Howard Miels was employed as a combination man by...

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