Claimant was employed as a hat packer. He suffered an acute heart attack while working. The issue on appeal is whether there is sufficient evidence to sustain a finding that the heart condition was induced or affected by unusual exertion in the work. This depends largely on claimant's own narrative which the board accepted. His usual work, wrapping hats in tissue paper and putting them in boxes, entailed no strenuous physical effort; but he testified that in order to get...
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