Claim of Caputo v. Ozone Metal Products Co.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed September 7, 1979. On October 23, 1969 claimant’s husband, a 53-year-old truck driver for Ozone Metal Products, suffered a heart attack while loading a truck. He was dead on arrival at the hospital. A Workers’ Compensation Board file was indexed on the basis of a 07 notice of controverted claim form filed by the decedent’s employer on November 5, 1969. A hearing was scheduled for December 18, 1969. On that date claimant requested an adjournment and the referee marked the case "closed without prejudice until a proper claim is…