PENNINGTON v. READING AND BATES CONST. CO.

No. 83-60.

432 So.2d 1173 (1983)

Lee Roy PENNINGTON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. READING AND BATES CONSTRUCTION COMPANY and American Home Assurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

May 25, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Book & Thibodeaux (Fred A. Book, Jr., and M. Steven Beverung), Lake Charles, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Plauche, Smith & Nieset (Frank M. Walker, Jr.), Lake Charles, for defendants-appellees.

Before CUTRER, DOUCET and KNOLL, JJ.


DOUCET, Judge.

In this workmen's compensation case, plaintiff seeks benefits as the widow of Lee Roy Pennington who died on January 6, 1979 as the result of a dissecting aneurysm of the aorta. The issue presented is whether plaintiff established a causal connection between the heart attack and employment. We affirm the trial court's denial of benefits.

Mr. Pennington was a welder's foreman with defendant-appellee...

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