Long v. Industrial Commission

Kenneth Long filed an application for adjustment of a workmen’s compensation claim against his employer, Alva C. Davis Drilling Co., claiming an aggravation of a preexisting back condition. It was alleged that the accidental injury occurred on January 26, 1974.

The arbitrator found that Long had failed to prove that he sustained an accidental injury arising out of and in the course of employment by the respondent, or that the condition of ill-being is related to his employment. The Industrial Commission affirmed the arbitrator’s decision; however, the circuit court of Wayne County reversed the…