New Amsterdam Casualty Company v. Kidd

Felton, Chief Judge.

Where claimant suffered apparent indigestion and heartburn during his work hours as city clerk on September 27, 1957, but remained at city hall until the usual time of departure at 5 p.m., although he did not do any work after 3 p.m., and during the evening at home suffered a severe chest pain and the subsequent medical examination showed that he had suffered a heart attack which, in the opinion of his physician, occurred “at the initial indigestion episode,” and where no written report of the alleged accident was made until July 10, 1958, claimant’s testimony that the…