Bradley County v. Adams

George Rose Smith, Justice.

The Workmen’s Compensation Commission entered an award granting compensation to the appellee for ten weeks of total disability, together with medical expenses, attributable to a heart attack suffered in the course of his employment by Bradley County. The circuit court affirmed the award. The only question here is whether there is substantial evidence to support the Commission’s conclusion that there was a causal connection between the claimant’s work and his disability.

On the morning of June 7, 1966, Adams assisted the foreman of the county bridge crew in…