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TEXAS EMP. INS. ASS'N v. BROWN

No. 7108.

622 S.W.2d 608 (1981)

TEXAS EMPLOYERS' INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, Appellant, v. Betty Ruth BROWN, Surviving Wife of Sidney Joseph Brown, Jr., Deceased, Individually and as Next Friend for Christina Brown, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Denied October 14, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Anderson, El Paso, for appellant.

Calhoun, Morton, Deason & Preslar, Cliff Preslar, El Paso, for appellee.

Before WARD, OSBORN and SCHULTE, JJ.

OPINION

WARD, Justice.

This is a worker's compensation case where benefits were sought for the death resulting from a heart attack. Trial was to a jury and, upon a favorable verdict, judgment was entered awarding the death benefits. The case was tried on the Plaintiff's contention that mental stress caused by working conditions rather than physical exertion triggered the heart attack. We will reverse and render.

Mr. Sidney Brown had been employed...

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