MERCHANT v. SMB STAGE LINES

No. 53639.

172 N.W.2d 804 (1969)

Helen MERCHANT, Claimant-Appellant, v. SMB STAGE LINES, Employer, and Carriers Insurance Company, Insurance Carrier, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 9, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wetz & Cosgrove, Sioux City, and Shull, Marshall, Marks & Vizintos, Sioux City, for claimant-appellant.

Davis, Huebner, Johnson & Burt, Des Moines, for appellees.


LARSON, Justice.

Pursuant to the death of her husband, LaVerne Roy Merchant, employed as a driver of a mail bus, Helen Merchant filed an application for compensation under section 86.24 of the Iowa workmen's compensation law. She claimed trauma resulting from an accident involving the mail bus on April 14, 1964, which superimposed upon a pre-existing heart disease, aggravated the disease and became a contributing cause of his death.

Defendants denied the claim...

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