Claims of Creek v. Town of Hulett

THOMAS, Justice.

The appellant in this case urges the court to apply our adaptation of the unusual exertion rule which focuses upon exertion which is unusual for the particular employee who is seeking compensation to a worker’s compensation case in which a police officer suffered a fatal heart attack. The unusual exertion relied upon by the appellant was stress attributed to a role conflict arising out of the necessity to perform law enforcement functions with respect to an individual who was in the company of the police officer’s daughter. The district court concluded that the circumstances…