· 2/25/1966
Thornton v. Alaska Workmen's Compensation Board
Citations
- 411 P.2d 209
- 1966 Alas. LEXIS 171
How courts have described this case
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- presuming that an employee's heart attack suffered after climbing a tower in the course of employment was work-related rather than causally independent, of the employment
- presuming that an employee's heart attack suffered after climbing a tower in the course of employment was work-related rather than causally independent of the employment
- applying presumption to question of whether work contributed to employee’s heart attack
- presumption applicable to question whether employee’s heart attack was caused by a work related event
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Judges: Nesbett, Dimond, Rabinowitz
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