Therrien's Case

This is an appeal by the administratrix of the estate of the widow of the deceased employee from that part of a final decree of the Superior Court which dismissed the claim for death benefits to the widow (G. L. c. 152, § 31, as amended through St. 1964, c. 446). The issues before this court are: (1) whether the employee’s death attributable to myocardial infarction on August 30, 1964, was causally related to a compensable injury on August 15, 1962, which required three operations; and (2) whether the death claim was barred because it had been filed about seven and one half months after the…