Massey v. WR Grace & Company

Ness, Justice:

This is a worker’s compensation case. Respondent claimant, David Massey, was denied benefits by the Industrial Commission because his injury was not job related. The circuit court reversed holding claimant had proved a com-pensable injury. We affirm.

Claimant is a sixty year old man who had been employed in appellant’s mineral ore plant for twelve years. His duties included throwing out large rocks before the ore mixture reached the grate. He worked seven days a week and had not missed a day in over a year at the time of the injury.

The day of the injury, claimant testified he…