Crossett Chemical Co. v. Sedberry

This is a death claim under the workmen’s compensation law, filed by the appellee as the widow of Guy Sedberry. The commission allowed the claim, finding that Sedberry’s death from a heart attack arose out of and in the course of his employment by the appellant. This appeal is from the circuit court’s affirmance of the award.

The only material conflict in the evidence is in the medical testimony. Sedberry had worked for the appellant for fifteen years. At the time of his death he was the senior member of a maintenance crew. On the afternoon of December 18, 1958, the crew finished repairing a…