Claim of Newmark v. H. M. Stevens, Inc.

Appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed August 31, 1975, which disallowed claimant’s claim upon a finding of noncompliance with section 18 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law. Section 18 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law requires that a claimant or someone on his behalf must give an employer written notice of injury within 30 days after the accident. The notice, inter alia, must state the nature and cause of the injury. The board found that "on July 8, 1972 [the claimant] while working, suffered a heart attack.” The claimant testified that on July 8, 1972 he had told…