Varied Enterprises, Inc. v. Sumner

CARTER, Justice.

This appeal involves the application of our decision in Sondag v. Ferris Hardware, 220 N.W.2d 903 (Iowa 1974), to a novel factual situation. The industrial commissioner and district court applied that decision in a manner which rendered claimant’s work aggravated myocardial infarction compensable as a permanent total disability. The employer and insurance carrier challenge that determination in this court. We affirm the judgment of the district court.

The claimant, Charles D. Sumner, suffered an acute myocardial infarction while driving a truck as part of his employment with…