Luker v. Reynolds Metals Company

Conley Byrd, Justice.

The issues on this workmen’s compensation appeal are the finality of the Commission’s order finding that appellant’s disability from his heart attack arose out of and in the course of his employment, and the constitutionality of Act 501 of 1967, which provides that if the circuit court has not acted on a workmen’s compensation review within sixty days, the court shall enter an order affirming the same.

The record shows that on May 26, 1967, the Commission found (1) that the heart attack suffered by appellant Luker arose out of and in the course of his employment by…