Lockler v. Industrial Commission

JACOBSON, Chief Judge, Division 1.

This review of an award of the Industrial Commission denying benefits raises the question of whether the injured workman sustained his burden of proving that his cerebral stroke was causally related to or precipitated by his employment.

Petitioner, Ed Otis Lockler, was employed by respondent, Producers Minerals Corporation, as a night watchman at its mining operation located near Safford, Arizona. His duties as night watchman consisted merely in checking vehicles that entered or left his employer’s premises and obtaining bills of lading for delivery. Several…