Employment-Precipitated Heart Attacks: A Few Legal Issues in Establishing Compensability

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Compensability … A. In General … B. Usual versus Unusual Exertion in Heart Attack Cases … 1. Legislative Development … 2. Judicial Analogy III. Rules of Evidence … A. In General … B. Spontaneous Declarations and Res Gestae … C. The “State of Mind” Exception … D. “Habit” … E. The “Dead Man’s Statute” … F. Uniform Business Records as Evidence Act