Lentz v. City of Marion

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schroeder, J.:

This is an appeal in a workmen’s compensation case wherein Leonard J. Lentz died after suffering a heart attack while mowing grass at the power plant for the City of Marion, Kansas. The claimants, his widow and minor children, were denied compensation by the Workmen’s Compensation Examiner and Director, but were awarded compensation by the district court on favorable findings pursuant to the “heart amendment” of the Kansas Workmen’s Compensation Act. (K.S.A. 1976 Supp. 44-501.)

The underlying question on appeal is whether the findings of…