Industrial Commission v. Lewis

There is but one question presented in this case and that is whether the record discloses any evidence that the injury causing the death of the employee, Noah Lewis, was occasioned in the course of his employment. The error urged is the refusal of the trial court to direct a verdict for the Industrial Commission.

It is well settled that in order to be compensable the injury must have been sustained in the course of employment, and arise out of the employment, or, in the language of Section 35 of Article II of the Constitution, the death must have been “occasioned in the course of such…