Lindley v. Transamerica Insurance Co.

OPINION

RENFRO, Justice.

Suit was brought against Transamerica Insurance Company by Mrs. Edwin Wayne Lindley, widow of Edwin Wayne Lindley, for Workmen’s Compensation benefits. It was alleged that Lindley, while acting within the scope of his employment, sustained an accidental injury which resulted in and/or contributed to his death on December 8, 1966.

*373Defendant denied that Lindley suffered an accidental injury; that his death had any connection with traumatism either from the standpoint of causation or aggravation, and plead that Lindley’s death was brought about by heart disease and natural…