Floyd by and Through Floyd v. Boyd Bros.

L. CHARLES WRIGHT, Retired Appellate Judge.

Allen Lane Floyd died from a heart attack while employed with Boyd Brothers Transportation Company, Inc. His three minor children filed an action to recover workmen’s compensation benefits. Following oral proceedings, the trial court denied recovery. The children appeal.

The record reflects that Floyd was a long-haul truck driver for Boyd Brothers and had been so employed since the summer of 1988. Before Floyd was hired, the company doctor examined him and pronounced him fit to drive a truck. In December 1986 Floyd had angioplasty surgery, in which a…