Employee's Heart Attack at Work Was Not Compensable

A factory worker failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that his heart attack while at work in December 2006 was a compensable condition arising from his employment. Case: Kimble v. Hino Motors Manufacturing USA, No. CA11-859, 11/07/2012, published.Facts: Tommy Kimble clocked in to work at a Hino Motors plant shortly before 6 a.m. on Dec. 21, 2006. His job duties that day required him to supervise a team of machine operators and check the quality of the parts they produced.He stated that between October and December 2006, Hino Motors was in "start-up" mode and that his hours g...