Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Williams

Pannell, Judge.

Where, in a hearing before the Board of Workmen’s Compensation, there is testimony that an employee’s heart attack, resulting in his death, was probably caused by or contributed to by an automobile accident, which arose out of and in the course of the employment, and which in the medical witness’s opinion did contribute to the heart attack, the first symptoms of which occurred approximately 12 hours later, and the definite ■ heart attack approximately 17 hours later, such testimony, although contradicted by other *714medical testimony, was sufficient to authorize the director and…