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àThis€workers'€compensation€appeal€has€been€referred€to€theÏSpecial€Workers'€Compensation€Appeals€Panel€of€the€Supreme€Court€inÏaccordance€with€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€section€50„6„225(e)(3)€for€hearing€andÏreporting€of€findings€of€fact€and€conclusions€of€law.€€The€employee€contendsÏthe€evidence€preponderates€against€the€trial€court's€finding€that€his€heartÏattack€was€not€a€compensable€injury€by€accident€under€the€workers'Ïcompensation€laws€of€Tennessee.€€As€discussed€below,€the€panel€hasÏconcluded€the€judgment€should€be€affirmed.Ìà àà àThe€employee€or€claimant,€Cross,€was€injured€in€an€automobileÏaccident€in€1994€and€left€with€a€partial€disability.€€In€order€to€accommodateÏthat€disability,€the€employer€placed€him€in€a€light€duty€position€as€a€securityÏguard,€where€he€worked€in€an€air€conditioned€guard€shack.€€He€would€leaveÏthe€shack€from€time€to€time€to€check€the€identity€of€a€vehicle€driver,€aÏdistance€of€twenty€to€twenty„five€feet€from€the€shack.ÌÓ €Óà àà àIn€July€of€1995,€he€was€prescribed€nitroglycerin€for€chest€pain.€ÏOn€the€evening€of€August€17,€1995,€he€experienced€slight€chest€pain€atÍhome.€€The€next€day,€a€very€hot€one,€he€felt€chest€pain€at€work.€€The€painÏgradually€increased€in€severity€and€did€not€subside€for€several€hours,Ïalthough€he€did€not€engage€in€any€unusual€physical€exertion€or€stress.€€HeÏleft€work€and€went€home,€then€to€the€hospital,€accompanied€by€his€wife.Ìà àà àDr.€Kenneth€Allum€treated€the€claimant.€€He€testified€that€theÏclaimant€had€suffered€a€minor€heart€attack€and€that€going€in€and€out€of€theÏguard€shack€in€hot€weather€could€have€been€the€cause.€€Dr.€Alfred€BeasleyÏdisagreed€on€both€counts,€from€medical€records.€€Both€doctors€are€boardÏcertified€in€internal€medicine.€€Dr.€Beasley€is€also€a€cardiologist.€€TheÏmedical€records€reflect€the€claimant€as€having€poorly€controlled€diabetes,€asÏbeing€overweight€and€a€heavy€smoker€and€having€a€family€history€ofÏcoronary€artery€disease.Ó rAÓÌÓ BÓà àà àThe€trial€judge€prepared€and€filed€an€exhaustive€opinion€inÏwhich€he€found€that€the€claimant€had€failed€to€carry€the€burden€of€proof€asÏto€causation,€and€dismissed€the€claim.€€Appellate€review€is€de€novo€upon€theÏrecord€of€the€trial€court,€accompanied€by€a€presumption€of€correctness€ofÏthe€findings€of€fact,€unless€the€preponderance€of€the€evidence€is€otherwise.€ÏTenn.€Code€Ann.€section€50„6„225(e)(2).Ìà àà àVarying€results€have€been€reached€in€the€courts€of€TennesseeÏwhere€claims€involved€injuries€from€heart€attack.€€The€results€depend€on€theÏfacts€and€circumstance€of€each€case.€€It€has€been€held,€however,€that€theÏmere€fact€that€an€employee€suffers€a€heart€attack€at€work€does€not€mean€theÏinjury€is€compensable.€€òòTravelers€Insurance€Co.€v.€Googeóó,€217€€Tenn.€€272,€Ï397€€S.W.2d€€368€(1965).€€It€has€also€been€held€that€a€heart€attack€isÏcompensable€if€it€can€be€shown€by€competent€evidence€that€the€attack€wasÍprecipitated€by€the€physical€activity€and€exertion€of€the€injured€employee'sÏwork.€€òòWingert€v.€Government€of€Sumner€Countyóó,€908€€S.W.2d€€921€(Tenn.Ï1995).Ìà àà àThe€competent€evidence€with€respect€to€those€elements€in€thisÏcase€is,€at€best,€speculative€and€conjectural.€€Moreover,€from€the€competentÏmedical€proof,€there€is€considerable€doubt€as€to€whether€the€claimant€evenÏsuffered€a€heart€attack€at€all.€€Accordingly,€the€evidence€fails€toÏpreponderate€against€the€judgment€of€the€trial€court.€€Additionally,€we€areÏaware€of€no€rule€requiring€the€trial€judge€to€accept€the€contradictedÏtestimony€of€a€treating€physician,€as€the€claimant€contends.Ìà àà àThe€judgment€of€the€trial€court€is€affirmed.€€Costs€are€taxed€toÏthe€plaintiff„appellant.Ó ¹ ÓÌÓ  ÓÓ ` ` ‹XÓ_______________________________Ó ÓÌÓ  Ó€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€Joe€C.€Loser,€Jr.,€Special€JudgeÌÓ  ÓÓ ` ŒXÓCONCUR:ÌÌÌ_________________________________ÌFrank€F.€Drowota,€III,€Associate€JusticeÌÌÌ_________________________________ÌWilliam€H.€Inman,€Senior€JudgeÌÑ€)ÑÇÒ  ÒÒ „ ÒÔ€Ôà@ àIN€THE€SUPREME€COURT€OF€TENNESSEEÌßJ€'+;+'b|` Å `€@ÿJßà àà àà àà àà àà àà àà àÌà@ àAT€KNOXVILLEÌà àà àà àà 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