H. V. & T. G. Thompson Lumber Co. v. Bates
Decision Date | 03 April 1979 |
Docket Number | No. 57067,57067 |
Parties | H. V. & T. G. THOMPSON LUMBER COMPANY et al. v. BATES. |
Court | Georgia Court of Appeals |
Swift, Currie, McGhee, & Hiers, John A. Ferguson, Jr., Charles L. Drew, Atlanta, for appellants.
M. O. Strickland, Vidalia, for appellee.
In this Workers' Compensation case, the employer and insurer appeal from an award to the claimant, affirmed by the Superior Court. We also affirm.
While stacking lumber in the normal course of his employment on a hot day Bates became ill, had chills and sweated profusely, and experienced cramps and severe chest pains. The next day he went to a doctor who examined and immediately hospitalized him. The sole medical evidence was that of the doctor, who testified that Bates suffered from heat exhaustion, angina pectoris and bronchitis; that the heat exhaustion was a contributing factor to the angina pectoris; and that tests revealed no presence or history of a preexisting heart condition of any kind.
Appellants insist that angina pectoris is not a compensable occurrence under the Workers' Compensation Act (Code Ann. § 114-102). However, the cases cited as authority for this assertion involve heart disease or damage prior to the occurrence of angina pectoris, and where there was evidence that the "heart attack" was the result of an on-going progressive coronary disease, subsequent job related angina pectoris pain is not compensable. See, e. g., Carter v. Kansas City Fire Etc. Ins. Co., 138 Ga.App. 601, 603, 226 S.E.2d 755 (1976) and cits.
As noted in Carter, Ibid. at p. 603, 226 S.E.2d at 757.
While the doctor testified that working in itself does not cause heart disease and there was no way to tell if his work caused Bates's chest...
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