Industrial Commission v. Smith

OPINION

By HAMILTON, PJ. _

If the Supreme Court in the use of the word “trauma” means that the injury must be caused by a direct blow of some character, making the injury apparent, as some language of the Supreme Court would indicate, then the commission was correct as a matter of law, and the injury would not be compensable. We do not feel justified in going that far under the present rules and decisions. We are rather inclined to follow the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Industrial Commission v Polcen, 121 Oh St 377, 169 NE 305, wherein the Supreme Court held that a severe…