Allied Chemical Corp. v. Wells

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

Appellee, Harold M. Wells, brought this action against his employer and its insurance carrier seeking workmen’s compensation benefits as the result of a heart attack which he suffered on January 17, 1977. The complaint alleged that a further attack occurred on August 4, 1977, and these episodes were alleged to “constitute injuries by accident arising out of and in the course of” the employment. It was alleged that they were “the direct and proximate result of the mental and physical exertion and strain” connected with the appellee’s work. Appellants denied that the…