Smith's Case

The basic question on this appeal is whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain the decision of the reviewing board (board) which adopted and affirmed the single member’s finding that the employee had failed to show that his disability was causally related to an injury arising out of his employment. The trial judge adjudged the evidence sufficient to sustain the board’s decision and we affirm.

The employee, a truckdriver whose work involved the moving and lifting of parcels, came home from work on August 24, 1972, feeling ill. He was admitted to the hospital the next day having suffered a…