Claim of Tienken v. Dancing Waters, Inc.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed January 5, 1981. Claimant’s husband died February 14, 1976. The medical experts agreed that the cause of death was acute thrombosis of the right coronary artery and that decedent had severe coronary artery disease prior to his death. The experts disagreed, however, as to whether decedent’s death was work related, with claimant’s expert and the impartial specialist testifying that decedent’s work activities were a contributing factor while the employer’s expert was of the opinion that the cause of death was directly attributable…