Industrial Commission v. Laraway

OPINION

By WILLIAMS, J.

The first inquiry is whether there should have been a directed verdict in favor of the defendant below. The circumstances under which a claim of an employe for injury or death by lightning while at work is compensable has received consideration many times. See the following authorities:

L.R.A., 1918-F, 937;

13 A.L.R., 977;

40 A.L.R., 401;

46 A.L.R., 1218;

53 A.L.R., 1084;

28 R.C.L., 806, par. 94.

In the case of Slanina v Industrial Commission, 117 Oh St, 329, it was held that where an employe, while riding in an automobile in the course of his employment, was injured as a…