Oliver v. City of Albuquerque

OPINION

BIVINS, Judge.

The City of Albuquerque (City), a self-insurer under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, appeals from a judgment awarding lump-sum death and other benefits to the widow of a city fireman who died of a heart condition while on the job. The parties’ major arguments address whether or not plaintiff established a causal connection between the worker’s heart attack and job-induced stress. We hold she did not and reverse. In view of this holding, we do not reach the remaining issues.

The issue of causation between the heart attack and job stress necessarily raises the question of…