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JOHNS-MANVILLE PRODUCTS CORP. v. INDUSTRIAL COMM'N

No. 51830.

78 Ill.2d 171 (1979)

399 N.E.2d 606

JOHNS-MANVILLE PRODUCTS CORPORATION, Appellant, v. THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION et al. (Dorothy Smith, Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied February 1, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rooks, Pitts, Fullagar & Poust, of Chicago (Daniel P. Socha, Robert K. Bush and Ian M. Sherman, of counsel), for appellant.

Raymond L. Lannon, Ltd., of Chicago (Raymond L. Lannon and Patricia C. Lannon, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal concerns the compensability of a fatal heart attack under the Workmen's Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 48, par. 138.1 et seq.). Claimant is the widow of Allen Smith, an employee of the Johns-Manville Products Corporation who died from a heart attack suffered several hours after his return home from work. The arbitrator denied compensation. On review, the...

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