Cheshire Toyota/Volvo, Inc. v. O'Sullivan

The plaintiffs appeal from the decision of the Superior Court (Thayer, J.) awarding workers’ compensation benefits to the defendant, Mary J. O’Sullivan, for her husband’s fatal heart attack. RSA ch. 281. We affirm.

William J. O’Sullivan was a part-owner and general manager of Cheshire Toyota/Volvo, Inc. On the afternoon of October 10, 1984, he died while en route to an automobile auction. The cause of death was cardiac arrest brought on by acute cardiac arrythmia.

The deceased’s widow, Mary J. O’Sullivan, filed for workers’ compensation, and after a hearing, the labor commissioner ruled that…