BOSTICK TANK TRUCK SERVICE v. NIX

No. 63177.

764 P.2d 1344 (1988)

BOSTICK TANK TRUCK SERVICE, Petitioner, v. Wynola Nadine NIX, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

November 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Mancillas, Messrs. Oldfield & Coker, Oklahoma City, for petitioner.

John Sprowls, Pauls Valley, for respondent.


OPALA, Justice.

The dispositive issue in this case is whether the trial tribunal's death benefit award is supported by competent evidence showing a causal nexus between the prior on-the-job heart attack and the later episode of death-dealing fibrillation. We answer in the affirmative.

Claimant, the widow of a deceased worker, sought death benefits under the Workers' Compensation Act.1

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