Travelers Insurance Company v. Googe

This proceeding was instituted by petitioner, Mrs. Evelyn Elliot Googe, under the Workmen’s Compensation Act seeking benefits for the death of her husband, George Logan Googe, as a result of a heart attack while an employee of the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants’ Union of North America. The defendant, The Travelers Insurance Company, and the insurance carrier of the Union, answered and denied petitioner’s husband sustained an injury by accident arising out of his employment.

The trial judge filed a memorandum opinion in which he found the death of petitioner’s husband arose out…