MATTER OF WITTA v. BAY SHORE FIRE DIST.


47 A.D.2d 981 (1975)

In the Matter of Charles De Witta, Appellant, v. Bay Shore Fire District et al., Respondents. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

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

April 24, 1975


The claimant, while participating in a firemen's parade, collapsed from a heart seizure identified as a myocardial infarction. The claimant's attending physician refused to express an opinion based upon reasonable medical certainty that there was a causal relationship between the claimant's activities and the collapse. The medical expert who testified on behalf of the employer and its insurance carrier expressed the opinion that...

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