Kirby v. General Motors Corp.

Defendant General Motors Corporation appeals from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board which awarded compensation to plaintiff Joe Kirby. The case is before this Court upon remand from the Supreme Court for consideration as on leave granted.

Plaintiff’s petition with the Bureau of Workers’ Disability Compensation alleged that he suffered a work-caused aggravated and/or accelerated heart condition, causing a heart attack. A hearing was subsequently held before a hearing officer.

Plaintiff worked as a final repair painter, buffing and spray painting Cadillac limousines at the rate…