Coomer v. Standard Oil, Division of American Oil Co.

Considered and decided by the court without oral argument.

The employer seeks review of a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board finding that decedent employee’s death by heart attack was causally related to an injury incurred during his employment and awarding respondent dependency benefits.

On November 29, 1967, decedent was injured when a 400- to 500-pound pump fell against his chest and left arm. He was hospitalized 5 days later for what was diagnosed as a “posterior inferior myocardial ischemia and/or infarction.” The employer voluntarily paid workmen’s compensation benefits for the…