De Witta v. Bay Shore Fire District

—Appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed *982December 11, 1972, which disallowed his claim for benefits under the Volunteer Firemen’s Benefit Law. The claimant, while participating in a firemen’s parade, collapsed from a heart seizure identified as a myocardial infarction. The claimant’s attending physician refused to express an opinion based upon reasonable medical certainty that there was a causal relationship between the claimant’s activities and the collapse. The medical expert who testified on behalf of the employer and its insurance carrier expressed the opinion…