Acoff v. General Motors Corp.

Defendant appeals by leave granted from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board which affirmed a decision granting plaintiff disability compensation benefits for a work-related heart condition. We reverse.

Plaintiff began working on February 17, 1969, and was forty-six years old at the time of the hearing. Plaintiff worked on an Impco machine, individually inspecting castings weighing twelve to fourteen pounds as they came out of the machine and then bending over to place them in a container called a "gons.” It was not unusual for parts to back up during the process, especially if…