Roberts v. Industrial Commission

CAMERON, Judge.

In December, 1962, petitioner was a male of some 57 years of age, and had regularly been employed as a salesman by respondent, Skomer’s Incorporated, since June of 1954. He had no previous history of heart diseases and heart and blood pressure tests administered in the Veteran’s Administration Hospital during the years 1954 and 1962 were essentially negative.

Petitioner’s specialty was the selling of hats. And in order to properly sell the trade, petitioner had to go into the basement on many occasions where the hats were stored. The stairs were inclined at a sixty degree angle…