Warrick v. Cheatham County Highway Department

OPINION

FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court,

in which E. RILEY ANDERSON, ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JANICE M. HOLDER, and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., joined.

In this workers’ compensation case the deceased employee, William Warrick, has appealed from a judgment of the Chancery Court of Cheatham County denying his claim for benefits filed against the employer, the Cheatham County Highway Department.1 The employee, who filed a claim for benefits after sustaining a work-related shoulder injury, died prior to trial from a heart attack unrelated to his employment. The trial court…