Burns v. General Motors Corp.

Defendant appeals by leave granted from a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board which affirmed a decision granting plaintiff workers’ compensation disability benefits for both a myocardial infarction, which was allegedly precipitated in 1978 by certain stressful conditions in plaintiff’s employment, and for a 1974 back injury. Plaintiff, who began his employment with defendant in 1947, testified that in 1974 he was working as a production foreman when he slipped off a ladder at work and fell to the floor. Near the end of 1974, he underwent a laminectomy.

Following his return to…