Gaines v. Senior Citizens Trans., Inc.

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

This is an employee’s appeal from a decree denying and dismissing his petition for compensation under the Workers’ Compensation Act. The employee sought compensation for incapacity resulting from a heart attack that he alleged was precipitated by the stressful conditions of his employment. The trial commissioner entered a decree denying and dismissing the employee’s petition. The appellate commission affirmed, and the employee now appeals.

The appellate commission, after examining the record and weighing the evidence, made its own independent findings of fact. The…