HAMMOND v. KOOTENAI COUNTY

No. 9741.

419 P.2d 209 (1966)

Anna Irene HAMMOND, Widow of Deceased Robert L. Hammond, and Natural Guardian of Christina Eileen Hammond, Dependent of Deceased, Claimant-Respondent, v. KOOTENAI COUNTY, State of Idaho, Employer, and State Insurance Fund, Surety, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

Rehearing Denied November 7, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Coughlan & Imhoff, Boise, for appellants.

William S. Hawkins and Paul D. McCabe, Coeur d'Alene, for respondent.


TAYLOR, Justice.

Decedent, Robert L. Hammond, was at the time of his death on August 17, 1964, a deputy sheriff of Kootenai county, forty-five years of age. For a number of years prior thereto he had been treated by his doctor for progressive hypertensive cardiovascular disease. His hours of employment were normally from 5:00 p. m. until 1:00 a. m. During the two weeks preceding death he had been working longer hours than usual, and his widow testified he was tired...

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