Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission

Joseph M. Cacozza, an employee, aged 56 years, was awarded compensation by the Industrial Accident Commission for injuries consisting of partial paralysis of his right side. He returned home from work about 5 o’clock in the afternoon of February 7, 1945, and was apparently in good health when he retired at 10 o’clock that evening. About 4 a. m. he awoke and went to the bathroom. At that time he felt dizzy. He returned to bed and when he was awakened by the alarm clock at 6 o’clock his right side was partially paralyzed, a condition which has continued with only a slight improvement.

The causal…