POFF, Justice.
The defendants, the Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of State Police (the employer), and Royal-Globe Insurance Company (the insurer), appeal from an Industrial Commission award granting Morgan Birchfield Hines' claim for compensation for temporary total disability resulting from a heart attack.
On June 5, 1974, Hines, a state trooper with 23 years' service, suffered a heart attack while off duty. The employer paid him sick leave at full...
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