Orr v. Industrial Commission

An arbitrator of the Industrial Commission entered an award for the accidental death of an employee. The Industrial Commission set aside the award and the circuit court of Logan County affirmed the order of the Commission. The case is here on appeal from the order of the circuit court.

The issue here is whether there was a causal connection between decedent’s employment and his resulting death from heart disease. The fact that an employee suffers a heart attack while at work is not sufficient to justify an award of compensation in the absence of proof of causal connection between some phase of…