A widow is not entitled to death benefits from her late husband's employer because the employer submitted sufficient evidence to prove that his unwitnessed death was caused by a pre-existing heart condition, an appellate court ruled.Case: Ruper v. Tranport System of Western New York, No. 504871, 1/8/09, publishedFacts:Jacqueline Ruper's husband, a tractor-trailer driver, died from a cardiac arrest at work. He had arrived for work at 11:30 a.m. after being assigned to drive an empty trailer to West Virginia.After the employer realized that it had not heard from Ruper, his co-workers beg...
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