the employer and that that agreement was set to expire in 1996, at the end of his term as president.
In 1993, after assuming the presidency of the employer, the employee suffered a stroke. After that stroke, the employee underwent physical rehabilitation in order to re-learn how to walk, was placed on blood-thinning medication, and exhibited permanent weakness in his left side; however, the employee was ultimately able to resume his work for the employer. The record does not reflect that the employee sought temporary or permanent benefits under the Act from the employer with respect to that stroke. However, in either 1994 or 1995, while in the line and scope of his employment with the employer, the employee was involved in an automobile collision that resulted in injuriesfor which he sought, and received, benefits under the Act; as to that incident, the employee testified that he had notified the employer's secretary that he had suffered a work-related injury.
The employee was a candidate in an election in May 1996 to retain the office of president of the employer beyond Saturday, June 8, 1996, the last day of his term of office; however, because he was not one of the two candidates receiving the most votes in the first round of balloting in April or May 1996, he was eliminated from contention well before that date. The employee indicated in his testimony that in the last few days of his term of office he had heard from PEMCO representatives concerning PEMCO's plans for the next three-year labor