Spain, J.
Claimant, a steamfitter, collapsed while hoisting a steel pipe atop a scaffold and thereafter applied for workers' compensation benefits. Following a hearing, a Workers' Compensation Law Judge (hereinafter WCLJ) found that claimant had established a compensable injury based upon evidence that the stress of claimant's work activities had triggered his preexisting heart disease and hypertension, causing a cardiac event on the day in question. Finding insufficient...
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