Kennecott Copper Corp. v. Industrial Commission

DONOFRIO, Judge.

This case comes to this Court on a writ of certiorari petitioned by Kennecott Copper Corporation to review the lawfulness of an award of the Industrial Commission granting compensation, burial expenses, funeral expenses, and death benefits to a widow (Mrs. Hooker) and five minor children.

Harold R. Flooker began employment as a boilermaker at Kennecott Copper Corporation in February of 1964. An x-ray taken at the time of employment showed an aneurysm of the thoracic aorta.

Sunday, June 28, 1964, Mr. Hooker did not work. On Monday, June 29, he went to work at 7:30 a. m. In the…