A workman suffered from a severe aneurism of the heart, from which he might at any time have died even in bed. While he was at his work engaged in manual labour the aneurism burst and he died. The County Court Judge found that ‘the death was caused by a strain arising out of the ordinary work of the deceased operating upon a condition of body which was such as to render the strain fatal.’ He therefore awarded compensation.
Held ( diss. Lords Atkinson and Shaw) that there was evidence to support the finding, and that the injury had arisen out of and in the course of the employment.
Lord Chancellor (Loreburn), Lords Macnaghten, Atkinson, Collins, and Shaw
[1910] UKHL 885, 47 SLR 885
Bailii
England and Wales
Updated: 16 July 2021; Ref: scu.619779