Schartner v. ROSEBURG LUMBER COMPANY

Claimant, the widow of a workman who died from a cardiac arrest while on his job of feeding plywood into a dryer, appeals from a circuit court judgment denying her claim for the workman’s death benefits. The hearing officer and the Workmen’s Compensation Board had held the claim compensable.

We conclude that claimant, under the law, proved her claim by a preponderance of the evidence.

Deceased, 52 years old, had been off work for several days over Thanksgiving weekend in 1971. He returned to work on the swing shift Sunday afternoon, was off for about 10 hours during the night and rotated back…