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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE

FILED
June 15, 1998 Cecil W. Crowson Appellate Court Clerk FOR PUBLICATION Filed: June 15, 1998

MARTHA BENTON, Administratrix of the Estate of DAVIS RAY BENTON, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

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ROBERTSON CIRCUIT Hon. John H. Gasaway III, Judge No. 01S01-9505-CV-00076

FOR APPELLANT: JAMES C. SUMMERS NASHVILLE

FOR APPELLEE: JEFF K. WALKER SPRINGFIELD

OPINION

TRIAL COURT AND SPECIAL WORKERS' COMPENSATION PANEL REVERSED

HOLDER, J.

OPINION

We granted review of this workers' compensation case to determine whether a police officer's coronary heart disease arose out of his employment with the Springfield Police Department. A Special Workers' Compensation Panel held that the plaintiff's injury was compensable. W e agree with the panel's findings that the plaintiff met the criteria in Tenn. Code Ann.

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