Powell v. Hills Garage

Baldrige, J.,

Opinion by

The controversial question in this compensation case is whether there was competent, substantial evidence to support a finding that claimant’s death was not the result of an accident in the course of his employment.

Regan W. Powell, about 50 years of age, died February 20, 1939, as the result of coronary occlusion. He was employed as a garage mechanic and at the time of the alleged accident was lying on his back, resting on a mechanic’s crib or “creeper,” underneath a car tightening a nut on a tie rod with a socket wrench.

John Hill, his employer, stated that Powell was…