Riley v. Oscar Mayer Foods Corp.

CADY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a decision by the district court reversing the industrial commissioner’s denial of workers’ compensation benefits. We find substantial evidence in the record to support the commissioner’s decision, and reverse the district court.

Larry Riley died of a heart attack on the evening of November 13, 1985. He was at home when stricken, and was pronounced dead at a hospital a short time later. Larry was employed as a maintenance department mechanic for an Oscar Mayer packing plant, and had worked until 6:12 on the morning of November 13. He left work early that…