A. O. Smith Corp. v. Industrial Commission

Appeal is taken in this case from a judgment of the circuit court of Madison County setting aside an order of the Industrial Commission which had awarded Russell Bryant workmen’s compensation benefits for 13 weeks temporary total disability and certain medical expenses. The principal issue is whether the circuit court could properly find that there was no evidence to show a causal relationship between the accident at work and the disability for which compensation was sought.

Claimant had been employed by the A. O. Smith Corporation for nine years and had a history of excessive absenteeism, one…