Ferdinand v. Lodge 456, BPOE, Lewistown

This is an appeal from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Court of the State of Montana. The order of judgment adopted findings of fact and conclusions of law of Workers’ Compensation hearing examiner Larry W. Jones. We affirm.

Gerald Ferdinand, claimant and appellant, was employed as the salaried manager of the Lewistown Elk’s Club. Ferdinand’s age, sex, weight, blood pressure, personality, and cigarette smoking habit made him a classic candidate for heart trouble. During the week immediately before he suffered a myocardial infarction (heart attack) at his home in the early evening, he had…