Stroud Municipal Hospital v. Mooney

SUMMERS, Justice:

The only issue in this Workers’ Compensation review is whether the lower court’s decision that the Claimant’s injury arose out of and in the course of his employment is supported by competent evidence. Applying the statutory and case law to the facts before us, we conclude that it is.

Claimant Mooney worked for the Stroud Hospital as a laboratory supervisor. On the date in question he went home for lunch, and had been there fifteen minutes when the Hospital called. He was told to return for an emergency; a man in the Emergency Room was believed to have suffered a heart attack…