State ex rel. Wyoming Worker's Compensation Division v. Kemp

MACY, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order allowing the claim of Kenneth A. Kemp, appellee, for benefits provided by the Wyoming Worker’s Compensation Act for a nonfatal heart attack which occurred during the course of his employment.

The only question to be answered by this Court is whether there was sufficient competent medical testimony before the trial court to find a direct causal connection between appellee’s exertion and his cardiac condition. We find that there was such evidence and affirm the order of the trial court.

On July 24, 1984, as appellee was driving his tractor-trailer in…