Hyatt v. Kay Windsor, Inc.

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which plaintiff seeks to recover benefits for a heart attack. The single-judge Workmen’s Compensation Court at the initial hearing, and the three-judge Workmen’s Compensation Court on rehearing, held that plaintiff had failed to prove that the heart attack and its resulting. disabilities arose out of and in the course of his employment by the defendant, and dismissed the petition. Plaintiff has appealed.

The plaintiff, Maurice Hyatt, was 65 years of age and had been employed by various clothing firms as a traveling salesman of women’s wear for…