Winn v. Geo. A. Hormel & Co.

Marilyn A. Winn, widow of Larry D. Winn (decedent), petitioned the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court for benefits because of the decedent’s sudden cardiac arrest and death while he was at work at the Geo. A. Hormel & Co. (Hormel) plant in Fremont, Nebraska. Winn alleged that the decedent’s death was caused by the Hormel plant nurse’s failure to timely diagnose and treat the decedent’s symptoms of a heart attack. Following a trial, a single judge of the compensation court dismissed Winn’s petition, finding that although the decedent suffered a fatal heart attack while on his employer’s…