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McDOWELL v. TOWN OF CLARKSVILLE

No. 2-56738.

241 N.W.2d 904 (1976)

Mable McDOWELL, surviving spouse of Robert G. McDowell, Appellee, v. TOWN OF CLARKSVILLE, Iowa, and Hawkeye Security Insurance Company, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 19, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mosier, Thomas, Beatty, Dutton & Braun, Waterloo, for appellants.

Hagemann & Hagemann, Waverly, and Shepard & Shepard, Allison, for appellee.

Heard before MOORE, C. J,, and LeGRAND, UHLENHOPP, REYNOLDSON, and McCORMICK, JJ.

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal in a workmen's compensation case presents a question of causation.

Robert G. McDowell, a truck driver, had a cerebral aneurysm (a permanent, abnormal dilation of a blood vessel resulting from disease of the vessel wall). The fact-finder could also find McDowell had high blood pressure.

McDowell was a member of the volunteer fire department of Clarksville, Iowa. On June 26, 1962, he was at home and heard the fire alarm...

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