MTR. OF BELLUCCI v. TIP TOP FARMS


24 N.Y.2d 416 (1969)

In the Matter of the Claim of Carmella Bellucci, Respondent, v. Tip Top Farms, Inc. et al., Appellants, and Special Disability Fund, Respondent. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 17, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne G. Kafka and Charles J. Jones for appellants.

James P. Lynch and John M. Cullen for Special Disability Fund, respondent.

No appearance for the remaining respondent.

Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, KEATING and BREITEL concur.


JASEN, J.

Decedent was employed by Tip Top Farms, Inc. for 12 years as a milk delivery routeman. As part of his duties, decedent was required to lift and carry cases of milk weighing 50 to 60 pounds. Decedent suffered a heart attack while delivering milk on August 5, 1965, and died before reaching a hospital. The heart attack resulted in part from severe "hypertensive arteriosclerotic heart disease" which had...

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