MATTER OF WOOSTER v. SPECTOR MID STATES FREIGHT SYS.


17 A.D.2d 884 (1962)

In the Matter of the Claim of Irene Wooster, Respondent, v. Spector Mid States Freight System et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

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

October 31, 1962


Decedent, a truck driver, suffered a fatal heart attack after he had lifted 16 rolls of plastic quilting each 4 feet long and 18 inches in diameter and weighing 55 to 60 pounds from a fork lift and stacked them in his truck. This activity took place in a 15-minute period while the temperature was approximately 20 degrees. An autopsy listed the cause of death as acute coronary thrombosis and coronary sclerosis. Appellants while acknowledging that the exertion involved would...

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