MATTER OF FURLIN v. V. A. W. OF AM.


67 A.D.2d 770 (1979)

In the Matter of the Claim of Joseph Furlin, Respondent, v. V. A. W. of America et al., Appellants. Workers' Compensation Board, Respondent

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

January 11, 1979


This is an appeal from a decision of the board, which held that the claimant's disability was a result of a myocardial infarction, was brought about by work activities which were excessively arduous and strenuous and, thus, constituted an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment. Claimant was a furnace operator whose job required him to lift bars of metal weighing 40 to 45 pounds into an iron bucket weighing 75 pounds. He would then push the basket into...

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