Sommer v. Sommer & Hartstein

PUDLOWSKI, Judge.

This is an appeal from a decision by the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission of Missouri denying employee, an attorney, Workers’ Compensation benefits for an allegedly work related coronary artery disease. We affirm the Commission’s judgment in that the employee failed to prove that the condition was work related.

The relevant facts, according to the light most favorable to respondent, are as follows: Mr. Sommer is an attorney specializing in insurance subrogation litigation. He was a partner in the firm Sommer & Hartstein. He worked many hours and had a very busy trial…