Johnson v. Capitol Hotel, Inc.

The Industrial Commission refused compensation to the appellants on the ground that there was no causal connection between the death of their decedent, George W. Johnson, and the work he was doing for his employer. This appeal brings that ruling up for review.

Johnson was thirty-five years old and at the time of his death had been employed by Capitol Hotel, Inc., for about a year as house maintenance man to do general work in and about the hotel. Prior to his death he had apparently been in good health. He had been examined by physicians on four occasions between March, 1945, and November,…