Hotaling v. General Electric Co.

Appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed May 24, 1974, which awarded disability benefits under the Disability Benefits Law. Claimant was hospitalized in Houston, Texas under the care of a prominent surgeon for certain procedures necessitated as part of a one-year postoperative evaluation following open-heart surgery. Upon his return to his home in this State he developed ,a respiratory ailment. A call on his behalf to the surgeon in Texas resulted in a direction to remain home from work until June 19, 1973. The mitten report of this surgeon also states that claimant…