Leake v. City of Fulton

KAREN KING MITCHELL, Judge.

The City of Fulton (“Fulton”) appeals from a final order of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (“Commission”) awarding benefits to Linda Leake (“Widow”), the widow of decedent Alan Leake (“Leake”). We affirm the order of the Commission.

Procedural and Factual Background

Leake was a captain with the Fulton fire department and had been with the department for twenty years. On April 30, 2006, Leake was called to the scene of a three-car automobile accident. While no one in the accident was badly injured, one of the automobiles involved had to be removed from…