Claim of Schwartz v. Howard, Needles, Tannen & Bergendorf

— Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed February 8, 1982, as amended by decision filed May 20, 1982. Decedent was employed as a project manager. This job required him, at times, to make presentations to various people who were interested in construction projects. On May 10, 1979, decedent, then age 53, had traveled to Washington, D. C., and was actually making such a presentation when he had his fatal heart attack. The board found, in substance, that decedent’s work-related events were of a sufficient stressful nature to have directly precipitated the cardiovascular…