Wilson & Co. v. Reed

BRIGHTMIRE, Judge.

Was the compensation award to claimant — for 40% permanent partial disability to his body resulting from coronary problems — a mistake made by the State Industrial Court? We hold it was not.

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Carl Reed, a “well developed, well nourished,” 28-year-old man, had worked as a laborer for Wilson and Company for about five years when on May 3, 1976 he accidentally overstrained himself while transport*1173ing 30 pound hog heads from a conveyor to a table for cheek stripping. About noon on that day Reed had begun to work faster and suddenly experienced a pain in his upper left chest which…