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KING v. JONES TRUCK LINES

814 S.W.2d 23 (1991)

Marjorie Inez KING, Surviving Widow of Billy J. King, Deceased, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. JONES TRUCK LINES, Defendant/Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

April 22, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erich W. James, Memphis, for defendant-appellant.

Monroe W. Gibbs, Memphis, for plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

In this worker's compensation action, the trial court awarded death benefits to the employee's widow. The trial court found that the employee had suffered an injury to his spleen which arose out of and was in the course of employment, and which resulted in his death. We disagree that the death arose out of employment, because we find that the spleenic injury was caused by cardiopulmonary resuscitation following a heart attack which...

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