Gordon v. J. A. Hadley Construction Co.

LYLE Brown, Justice.

The circuit court affirmed a unanimous opinion of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission that claimant-appellant failed to show by a preponderance of the evidence that the cause of a leg amputation was work-connected. Claimant contends there is no substantial evidence to support the finding.

Claimant Was 53 years of age at the time of his alleged mishap on the job in June of 1972. For several years claimant had been a heavy equipment operator for Hadley Construction Company. He was driving a form lift machine. A driver and an operator sit some twelve feet off the ground in…