Orkin Exterminating Co., Inc. v. Wright

We will refer to the plaintiffs in error as the employer and the insurance carrier, and to the defendant in error as the claimant, and to her deceased husband as the “employee”.

The issues in the instant case are whether the employee sustained an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment, and whether his death resulted from the accident.

It is elementary that, if there is any competent evidence in the record to support the award of the State Workmen’s Compensation Board, the award should not be disturbed.

Physical contact with some object is not necessary in order for the…