Smart v. Chrysler Motors Corp.

SMITH, Judge.

Claimant appeals from the award of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission denying compensation to claimant, the widow of Donald Smart. We affirm in part and remand in part.

Donald Smart (hereinafter Smart or decedent) was employed by Chrysler. He had suffered during his life from asthma. He had a childhood history of the disease but had manifested no symptoms from the time he was a teenager until 1978 when he was 45. From 1978 until his death in 1986 Smart was treated by his personal physician, Dr. Hardy, for his asthma condition. He visited Dr. Hardy’s office for treatment…