Claim of Parish v. Rolex Plastics, Inc.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed February 24, 1981. On September 9, 1977, claimant experienced chest pains while handling steel columns during the course of his employment for the employer herein. Later that day he was admitted to a hospital where it was determined that he had suffered a myocardial infarction. A compensation claim was thereafter filed and the board ultimately concluded that claimant’s myocardial infarction was the result of an underlying heart disease and did not constitute an accidental injury arising out of and in the course of employment.…