Lawrence County Highway Department v. Hardiman

OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. The employee, J. W. Hardiman, was found to be totally and permanently disabled, from a work-connected heart attack, and was awarded benefits accordingly. The employer and its insurance company appealed insisting primarily there was no material evidence to support the trial judge’s finding that the myocardial infarction arose out of and in the course of appellee’s employment, or his finding that the disability of appellee was causally connected with his employment.

Mr. Hardiman was employed by the Lawrence County Highway Department…