Southwire Co. v. Cato

250 Ga. 895 (1983)

302 S.E.2d 91

SOUTHWIRE COMPANY

v.

CATO.

39353.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 19, 1983.

Rehearing Denied May 24, 1983.

Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, James T. McDonald, Jr., Douglas A. Bennett, for appellant.

C. C. Perkins, Clifford C. Perkins, Jr., for appellee.

Don C. Keenan, Charles R. Ashman, amicus curiae.

HILL, Chief Justice.

Certiorari was granted in this workers' compensation case to decide two questions: (a) whether the "natural inference from human experience" can be relied upon where there is medical testimony that the employee's heart attack was not caused by…