Claim of Spoerl v. Armstrong Pumps, Inc.

Mikoll, J. P.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed December 5, 1996, which ruled, inter, alia, that claimant’s decedent did not sustain an accidental injury arising out of and in the course of his employment.

Claimant is the widow of Alfred Spoerl, a former vice-president and general manager of Armstrong Pumps, Inc. (hereinafter the employer). While on a business trip to Colchester, England, undertaken May 15, 1991, decedent became ill on May 19, 1991 and sought medical help there. He was diagnosed as having picked up a virus. Bed rest and intake of fluids were…