Reynolds Metals Co. v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

WREN, Judge.

The issue in this workmen’s compensation case is whether the hearing officer abused his discretion when he determined that decedent employee’s death by an overdose of propoxphene was causally related to an industrial injury suffered in the course and scope of his employment with Reynolds Metals Company, the petitioner employer.

Sherman Ballard, the decedent, injured his back on September 17, 1974, when he fell from a ladder while employed as an electrician by Reynolds Metals Company. On September 18, 1975, Mr. Ballard died after ingesting approximately 30 times the normal…