THORNTON v. ALASKA WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION BOARD

No. 612.

411 P.2d 209 (1966)

Sybil THORNTON, Appellant, v. ALASKA WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION BOARD and the State of Alaska, and Brown & Root, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

February 25, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Vogt, Anchorage, for appellant.

Mary Alice Miller, of Collins & Clasby, Fairbanks, for appellee.

Before NESBETT, C.J., and DIMOND and RABINOWITZ, JJ.


DIMOND, Justice.

Appellant's husband, Gordon Thornton, was employed as a painter by appellee, Brown & Root, Inc. In the course of such employment he climbed a tower approximately 170 feet high and then used a guy line to pull a 100 pound block and tackle about 160 feet up the tower. At this point Thornton died of a heart attack which was diagnosed by Dr. Kennard, who performed an autopsy, as "multiple coronary artery occlusions with extensive destruction and damage...

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