Dupriest v. Tecon Corp.

CLAY, Commissioner.

In this workmen’s compensation case the Board awarded the widow of an employee maximum compensation. On appeal to the circuit court the award was set aside. The principal question on appeal is whether there was substantial evidence to support the finding of the Board.

The decedent, 49 years of age, collapsed while working and died as a result of heart failure. At the time he was assisting in the loading of steel piling on a truck, which was being done by means of a crane. It was a hot day and he was sweating (as we assume were his fellow employees).

Decedent’s health had been…