Southern Plumbing, Heating & Sheet Metal, Inc. v. Lawson

CLAY, Commissioner.

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which the employee was found by the Workmen’s Compensation Board to be totally and permanently disabled. The award apportioned the liability between the employer and the Special Fund, 25% to the former and 75% to the latter. It was confirmed on appeal to the circuit court. Both the employer and the Special Fund have appealed.

The employee was a sheet-metal worker’s journeyman. While working on the job and while installing a heavy piece of material, he suffered a relatively mild heart attack. There was substantial medical evidence that…