Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'n v. Brown

OPINION

WARD, Justice.

This is a worker’s compensation case where benefits were sought for the death resulting from a heart attack. Trial was to a jury and, upon a favorable verdict, judgment was entered awarding the death benefits. The case was tried on the Plaintiff’s contention that mental stress caused by working conditions rather than physical exertion triggered the heart attack. We will reverse and render.

Mr. Sidney Brown had been employed by the telephone company for some twenty-six years, the last thirteen years as a telephone repairman. As a repairman, he would report to his supervisor…