Jamestown Corp. v. Ward

ON REHEARING

Upon application for rehearing the original opinion in this cause is withdrawn and the following opinion is substituted therefor.

This is a workmen's compensation case wherein a judgment was rendered in favor of the widow for death benefits when her husband's death resulted from a heart attack. Defendants appeal from that judgment and from the order overruling their post-trial motion. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

At the time of his fatal heart attack on January 29, 1974, the deceased, Robert P. Ward, was employed as plant supervisor for defendant Jamestown Corporation. He…