Claim of Kappes v. Remington Rand, Inc.

Appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board which disallowed a claim for death benefits on the ground that decedent’s death was not related to an industrial accident. On May 10, 1940, while employed by the respondent employer, decedent sustained a heart attack in the nature of a myocardial infarction, which was found to have been the result of an industrial accident. Compensation was paid until November 15, 1942. He died May 11, 1953 on the premises of his then employer, not here involved. A cardiologist who had attended decedent for some years found the cause of death to be…