Court Opinion

ID: 9768800
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 13:50:12.918346+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:30:45.736921
License: Public Domain

On Motion for Rehearing
To meet the criticism made to the observations in the original opinion to the medical testimony, the testimony of Dr. Johnson, the more favorable to appellee’s position, will be more fully detailed.
“A. With those facts the most logical explanation, he had a few hours before his death been engaged in some strenuous exercise of the type required to fire a boiler and if his diagnosis of a cerebral hemorrhage was made when he was taken to the hospital, it is my opinion the cerebral hemorrhage was precipitated by this physical labor involved in his duties.”
“A. Yes, in my opinion, heavy work, any sudden physical exertion or emotional excitement, anything that causes the blood pressure to be brought up would precipitate a cerebral hemorrhage, considered a main cause; coming out of hot room into a cold place will have a reverse contraction of the blood vessels, and this might be a precipitating factor in producing a cerebral hemorrhage.
“Q. Do you agree with this statement being true medically: — The immediate rise in blood pressure which lead to the rupture of cerebral vessels may be due to many factors, as lifting, running, coughing, sneezing, straining at stool, coitus, parturition and all other efforts involving such strain; emotional excitement, as fear, worry and anger. A. I would qualify that as to the degree. A mild one won’t cause it as much as a violent one. Yes, it is the degree of emotion and physical strain.
“Q. Isn’t it a fact the effect of your testimony is that the physical exertion such as firing a boiler and the other stated in the hypothetical question might have been a precipitant cause of the cerebral hemorrhage? A. Correct. I was merely answering the hypothetical question; that it could be a cause; all I can do is give an opinion as a doctor that that was a precipi*487tant cause; and it is my opinion. it could have been a precipitating cause.”
The disposition of this cause for the reasons stated in the original opinion is adhered to, and appellees’ motion for rehearing is respectfully overruled.