Brown Transport Corp. v. Jenkins

I dissent to the judgment and rationale of the majority opinion for the reason that it is in direct conflict with Travelers Ins. Co. v. Maddox, 118 Ga. App. 596 (164 SE2d 850) and previous decisions of this Court on the question of causal connection in Workmen’s Compensation cases involving heart attacks.

It is important to remember that there are several different forms of evidence which will authorize a finding of a causal connection between employment and a heart attack. Care must be taken that we do not confuse these forms in our desire to reach a particular result. The first form of…