Wills v. Schenley Distillers

VANCE, Commissioner.

The appellant, James W. Wills, Sr., claimed to have suffered a heart attack as a result of the work in which he was engaged. The Workmen’s Compensation Board denied his claim for compensation and the board’s order was affirmed by the circuit court. The appellant, on this appeal, contends that the order of the Workmen’s Compensation Board is clearly erroneous on the basis of the reliable and material evidence in the record.

The appellant was a fireman’s helper at Schenley Distillers and his duties consisted of cleaning boilers, unloading coal and shoveling ashes. On March…