 Workers compensation- payment employer makes to an insurance fund that compensates employees for injuries that occur on the job  Death-the action or fact of dying  Suicide- the action of killing oneself intentionally  Coverage- benefits assigned to an employee

- Vandenberg was at a holiday party that was held at the workspace, the company did not provide any alcohol he had been drinking. His blood level was extremely high and his boss could tell this told him to call his wife to pick him up. He ignored his boss and got into the company truck that was provided to him, he then crashed into another company truck, distraught by the accident he grabbed the handgun he had on him and shot himself. His wife later filed for workers’ compensation benefits due to survivor of a worker who died on-the-job, she was later denied.

- the principle is applicable when injury otherwise compensable under the workmen’s Compensation act entitles with the total disability sustained. If an employee commits suicide it does not come in scope of the workers compensation statute. It prohibits self inflicted injuries. The fact that he was distressed by wrecking the other trucks does not change the out come