CABE v. UNION CARBIDE CORP.


644 S.W.2d 397 (1983)

Virginia H. CABE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION and Aetna Life & Casualty Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

January 17, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Knolton, Oak Ridge, for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert R. Campbell, Knoxville, for defendants-appellees.


OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

This is a worker's compensation case. The Plaintiff, suffering an adverse judgment in the Chancery Court, has presented the following issue for review by this Court: whether there can be a recovery of benefits under the Tennessee Worker's Compensation Act for death due to a heart attack immediately precipitated by acute or sudden emotional stress as opposed to physical exertion, where the necessary causal

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