Truss v. Georgia-Pacific Corp.

On Rehearing Ex Mero Motu

YATES, Judge.

This court’s original opinion, dated May 31, 1996, is withdrawn, and the following is substituted therefor:

On February 8, 1993, Samuel Truss suffered a fatal heart attack while working at his place of employment with Georgia-Pacific Corporation. His wife, Juanita Truss, later sued Georgia-Pacific, seeking to recover death benefits pursuant to the Workers’ Compensation Act, and alleging that her husband’s heart attack had arisen out of the course of his employment and that his employment had proximately caused the heart attack. Following an ore tenus…