Inspiration Consolidated Copper v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

OGG, Presiding Judge, Department C.

The issues presented on this review of an award of the Industrial Commission are: 1) whether an employee’s widow is entitled to workmen’s compensation benefits when her husband’s death was hastened by a heart condition suffered in the scope of employment but not covered by the Occupational Disease Disability Act, ARS § 23-1101, et seq; 2) whether the employee’s widow met the burden of proof; and 3) whether reports admitted into evidence caused sufficient prejudice to mandate reversal.

On March 5, 1972, Reyes N. Candelaria died of a heart condition…