Deceased employee died as the result of a heart attack suffered on the job. After the attack he told his wife that "I lifted something heavy and I felt * * * pain", and the history given to the examining physician at the hospital was that he had lifted a "heavy object". The problem on appeal is whether these hearsay statements on the occurrence of an accident are sufficiently corroborated. There is proof that decedent suffered the attack while actually working; and that the...
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