Claim of Kass v. Sixth Avenue Delicatessen

Appeal by the employer and carrier from a decision and award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board. Claimant, aged 64, had been employed for many years as a counterman in a delicatessen store. On Sunday, October 19, 1952, while carrying a case of beer weighing about 35 pounds, he felt a sharp pain in his chest. He rested for a while, but then continued to work that day and the next, though in pain. Tuesday and Wednesday were his days off and those he spent resting. Wednesday evening, while at home, he again felt severe pain and other symptoms of a heart attack. He was hospitalized the next day.…