Spruill v. C. W. Wright Construction Co.

Opinion

BENTON, J.

In this appeal we are asked to determine whether the Industrial Commission erred in finding that Thomas E. Spruill’s claim for worker’s compensation benefits was barred by his own willful misconduct in intentionally disregarding a safety rule promulgated by his employer. Because we conclude that the record does not contain credible evidence that Spruill intentionally disregarded the rule, we reverse.

Thomas Spruill was employed as a lineman by C.W. Wright Construction Company, Inc. and had obtained the level of class one lineman, the highest level of a class of three. On the…