Mills v. Vaughn

GANT, Judge.

This is an appeal from the Franklin Circuit Court affirming the award of $28.00 a week to the dependent mother of a worker, William Vaughn, who died of a heart attack in a work-related accident. The death of Vaughn was found by the Workmen’s Compensation Board to have occurred while he was engaged in a logging operation. The Board ,. determined that while Vaughn was chasing a mule, “Old Belle,” which had walked off while Vaughn was otherwise engaged, he had suffered a heart attack which proved to be fatal. Although the exact sequence of these events were in some dispute, such a…