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WINGFIELD v. HILL BROS. TRANSPORTATION, INC.

No. S-13-716.

846 N.W.2d 617 (2014)

288 Neb. 174

George WINGFIELD, Appellant v. HILL BROTHERS TRANSPORTATION, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

Filed May 16, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stacy L. Morris , of Lamson, Dugan & Murray, L.L.P., for appellant.

Caroline M. Westerhold , of Baylor, Evnen, Curtiss, Grimit & Witt, L.L.P., for appellee.

Heavican, C.J., Wright, Connolly, Stephan, Mccormack, Miller-Lerman, and Cassel, JJ.

Cassel, J.

INTRODUCTION

This case requires us to decide whether the causation standard applicable to workers' compensation claims involving injury from heart attack was properly extended to an episode of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. In heart attack cases, a claimant is required to prove both legal and medical causation. The compensation court applied this split test of causation and dismissed for...

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