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JACOB v. GODCHAUX-HENDERSON SUGAR CO., INC.

No. 8636.

350 So.2d 274 (1977)

Linda Fenton, widow of Ferrel J. JACOB v. GODCHAUX-HENDERSON SUGAR COMPANY, INC. and Travelers Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 12, 1977.

Writ Refused November 23, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carville & Edrington, Richard L. Edrington, La Place, for plaintiff-appellee.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Claude D. Vasser, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant, Godchaux-Henderson Sugar Co., Inc.

Leach, Grossel-Rossi & Paysse, William G. Tabb, III, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant, Travelers Ins. Co.

Before LEMMON, GULOTTA and BEER, JJ.

GULOTTA, Judge.

Defendants appeal from an award for death benefits in a workmen's compensation case. Simply stated, it is defendants' contention that plaintiff failed to carry the burden of proof required to establish that a fatal heart attack (myocardial infarction) suffered by the electrician-employee on the job site, before commencement of work activities, was work-related. We disagree. Accordingly, we affirm.

On the day of the fatal heart attack, June...

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