Brown v. General Insurance Company of America

COMPTON, Chief Justice.

This is an action for workmen’s compensation benefits. The claimant is the widow of Orville H. Brown whom she alleged died as the result of a heart attack arising out of and in the course of his employment by appellant. Appellant denied any causal connection between the death of Brown and his employment. The cause was tried to a jury and judgment was entered on a verdict for claimant. On appeal, appellant seeks a reversal of the judgment and a new trial on the grounds that the only evidence tending to support the verdict was either inadmissible hearsay or incompetent.

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