MATTER OF MOSES v. STEEL DRUM CO.


8 A.D.2d 864 (1959)

In the Matter of the Claim of Tressie M. Moses, on Behalf of Herself and Minor Children, Respondent, v. Steel Drum Company et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

June 9, 1959


The board found that, due to the "unusual exertion, strain and effort" of his work as a laborer, decedent sustained accidental injuries in the nature of a cardiac standstill and congestive heart failure which, superimposed upon a pre-existing hypertensive heart disease, caused his death. There was substantial medical evidence linking the heart attack to decedent's work on the day of his death. In the morning he and a coemployee unloaded...

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