Chapman v. Finkbeiner

In respectfully dissenting to the majority opinion, I am convinced the finding of fact and conclusion of law by the full Commission is based on an erroneous assumption of the law and that assumption is: There had to have been an over work load on the deceased to have caused his injury and in the absence of an over work load there could be no compensation. The hypothetical questions propounded to the doctors who testified in this case did not take into consideration the work load the deceased had been carrying prior to his death. Mr. Chapman worked 5 days a week and most of the time from 10 to…