Sudduth v. Williams

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

This is an action for workmen’s compensation death benefits. Petitioner is the widow of decedent, Guy Lawrence Sud-duth, who died on July 29, 1972, after having sustained a fall at his place of employment on July 24, 1972. The trial court dismissed the action, finding that the decedent fell as the result of an idiopathic attack, and that his injury was not caused by a hazard peculiar to his employment. The Court found that the injury did not have its origin in a risk connected with the employment nor was it causally connected therewith.

This Court, of course, reviews…