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CHAPMAN v. WILKENSON CO.

No. 48,658

222 Kan. 722 (1977)

567 P.2d 888

VIVIAN L. CHAPMAN, widow of Clinton Harold Chapman, Sr., Appellant, v. WILKENSON COMPANY, Appellee, and AETNA INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed July 11, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Franklin Hummer, of Topeka, argued the cause, and Charles L. Davis, Jr., and Michael J. Unrein were with him on the brief for appellant.

Floyd E. Gehrt, of Gehrt & Roberts, Chartered, of Topeka, argued the cause, and was on the brief for the appellees.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

FATZER, C.J.:

This appeal is from a judgment denying compensation under the "heart amendment" of the Workmen's Compensation Act. (K.S.A. 44-501.) The appellant is the widow of a deceased workman who sustained a fatal heart attack on the job on February 12, 1974.

The facts are not in dispute. The deceased workman, Clinton Harold Chapman, Sr., was a carpenter and millwright who for many years had worked out of...

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