Pennington v. Reading & Bates Construction Co.

DOUCET, Judge.

In this workmen’s compensation case, plaintiff seeks benefits as the widow of Lee Roy Pennington who died on January 6, 1979 as the result of a dissecting aneurysm of the aorta. The issue presented is whether plaintiff established a causal connection between the heart attack and employment. We affirm the trial court’s denial of benefits.

Mr. Pennington was a welder’s foreman with defendant-appellee, Reading and Bates Construction Co. His job required him to supervise 20 to 30 men constructing a pipeline through a muddy rice field near Crowley, La. On the day in question, January…