Legal Opinion

Dixon v. Louisiana Restaurant Ass'n ex rel. Self Insurors Service Bureau, Inc.

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided March 14, 1990No. 88-1231PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

YELVERTON, Judge.

This appeal arises from a worker’s compensation claim filed by the deceased worker’s widow, personally and as the adminis-tratrix of the estate of her granddaughter. The trial judge found that the worker’s heart attack arose out of his employment and that the employer did not meet its *136burden of proof establishing an intervening cause resulting in the worker’s death following the heart attack. The defendant appeals the two causation issues, i.e., the job-heart attack, and heart attack-death relationships. We affirm.

Daniel J. Dixon, the deceased worker, was employed by Chandler…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Virgil v. American Guar. & Liability Ins.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1987
  2. Reid v. Gamb, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1987
  3. Carruthers v. PPG Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1989
  4. Fields v. Sperry Rand Corp.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1977

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Alexander v. Pellerin Marble & GraniteSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
  2. Hopes v. Domtar IndustriesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1993
  3. Rosella v. DeDe's Wholesale FloristLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1992
  4. Chandler Parts & Serv. v. WORKER'S COMP.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1991
  5. Dixon v. LA. RESTAURANT ASS'NLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1990

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