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HENDRICKSON v. GEORGE MADSEN CONST. CO.

No. 49017.

281 N.W.2d 672 (1979)

Luella HENDRICKSON, widow of Theodore A. Hendrickson, Deceased, Respondent, v. GEORGE MADSEN CONSTRUCTION CO., et al., Relators.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied July 20, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meagher, Geer, Markham, Anderson, Adamson, Flaskamp & Brennan, Mary Jeanne Coyne, and O. C. Adamson II, Minneapolis, for relators.

Robert R. Johnson, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard before KELLY, TODD, and SCOTT, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.

TODD, Justice.

Luella Hendrickson, surviving spouse of Theodore Hendrickson, was awarded compensation death benefits. Her husband suffered a fatal heart attack while testifying at a compensation hearing in support of his petition for additional benefits. The stress of testifying contributed to the heart attack. The compensation judge denied benefits for the heart attack, but the court of appeals allowed the claim. We reverse.

Hendrickson suffered a compensable...

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