Brown Transport Corp. v. Blanchard

Deen, Judge.

Code § 114-102 was amended by Ga. L. 1963, pp. 141, 142 to state: ". . . nor shall 'injury’ and 'personal injury’ include heart disease, heart attack, the failure or occlusion of any of the coronary blood vessels, or thrombosis, unless it is shown by a preponderance of competent and creditable evidence that it was attributable to the performance of the usual work of employment.” A deputy director hearing a workmen’s compensation claim must initially determine, where it appears that an employee has a heart attack and dies in the course of his employment, whether the attack also…