Claim of Hunter v. Goodstein Bros.

The employer and carrier first challenge the finding of accident and causal relation. Decedent was employed as a “ piece goods man ” by a manufacturer of men’s clothing*, and his duties required him to handle bolts and cloth weighing up to a maximum of 250 pounds. He was 38 years of age and, up to the time of the alleged accident, had been asymptomatic. On May 11, 1951, while decedent was handling a bolt of cloth, a coworker saw him suddenly grab his stomach and heard him say: “ I got a hurt here in my stomach.” Within an hour thereafter decedent went to a doctor and gave a history that a…