Industrial Commission v. Murphy
Industrial Commission v. Murphy
Opinion of the Court
We have examined the bill of exceptions and find that there was no error in the rulings of the trial court upon the admissibility of evidence. We find also that the trial court did not err in refusing to give the special charge nor was there error in the gezzoral charge of the court. The remaining question relates to the sufficiency of the evidence.
Murphy testified that he had been eznployed by the city of Columbus continuously for twelve years; that late in the afternoon of January 3, 1930, in the course of his employzncnt he was lifting some heavy mud from the street and thz;owizzg it into the trucks; that izz the course of, this employznezzt he felt azz izzjury izi the region of the stoznach and abdoznen and that after having completed this work he attempted to get on the truck and fell down on the tools, that subsequently he was taken home azzd after calling a physician he was taken to the hospital where he i-emained for twelve days. The question is one of fact as to whether this alleged injury was one within the conteznplation of the Industrial Commission Act. The Industrial Commission Act does not limit the nature of the injury to an accident nor does it describe the injury for which coznpensatiozi is to be awarded as an accidental injury. The only question is whether the izijury is of sufficient importance and of such a nature as to justify compensation under the statute.
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