Eccon Construction Co. v. Lucas

Eccon Construction Company, Inc., and its insurer, Aetna Casualty & Surety Company (collectively, the employer), appeal from an Industrial Commission order awarding workmen’s compensation death benefits to the claimant, Lillie Mae Lucas, widow of Newton Lucas, Jr. Raising two questions, the employer first contends that the evidence fails to prove the occurrence of an industrial accident.

On the morning of October 24, 1978, Lucas, a carpenter, reported for work at a construction site near Fort Belvoir. A fellow worker noticed that he was limping. At the lunch hour, Lucas descended a ladder from…