Claim of Best v. L. J. F. Corp.

Appeal by the employer and its carrier from a decision and award of death benefits on the grounds that there is no substantial evidence to sup-port the board's finding of causal relationship and that, in any event, claimant is not the lawful widow of the decedent. On December 24, 1956 decedent, while performing his duties as a cab driver, was involved in an automobile accident in which he was thrown against the steering wheel and toward the right side of the ear. The next day he consulted his physician who diagnosed, among other injuries, an “acute left ventricular failure due to aggravation…