Langley v. Waddle Trucking, LLC

FAIR, J.,

FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. Joe Langley died of a heart attack while driving an eighte'en-wheeler for his employer, Waddle Trucking LLC. The medical examiner’s certificate stated that the immediate cause of death was “hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.”. His blood test showed hé was not intoxicated.

¶2. Langley’s widow, Melissa Langley, filed , a petition to controvert with the Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission (Commission), alleging that Langley’s death was. due .to his working conditions. The administrative judge (AJ) found that Langley was forty-two years…