Consolidation Coal Company v. Fields

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner—

Reversing.

The appellee, H. F. Fields, filed a claim with the Workmen’s Compensation Board against the appellant on account of injuries sustained by an electric flash and shock. The company denied liability upon the ground that his condition was due to injuries received in an automobile accident, although the evidence was uncontradicted that, due to an “overload,” the electrical machine which the claimant was cleaning did, at the time, emit such a flame of fire and burned and shocked him. His superior employees were aware of the fact that a greater…