Cunningham v. Shelton Security Service, Inc.

Security guard Cunningham confronted shoplifters who yelled back and threatened to return and kill him — a threat the night clerk testified was unusual, unlike the weekly confrontations Cunningham typically handled — and he suffered fatal cardiac arrest shortly afterward; the trial court dismissed his estate's workers' compensation claim as arising from ordinary job stress, but the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel reversed, prompting Shelton's request for full court review.