Newbanks v. Foursome Package & Bar, Inc.

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which the plaintiff sought to recover benefits for a heart attack. A single judge of the Nebraska Workmen’s Compensation Court awarded plaintiff benefits for temporary total disability. Upon rehearing, a three-judge panel of the Workmen’s Compensation Court found against the plaintiff and dismissed his petition.

The plaintiff, Harold R. Newbanks, was the bartender and manager of a bar owned and operated by the defendant, Foursome Package & Bar, Inc., a corporation, owned and managed by the plaintiff and his wife. The plaintiff was nearly 55 years old…