Crawford's Case

The employee was a boiler fireman at Lawrence Print Works. On April 17, 1958, his shift was from midnight to 8 a.m. He was taken sick at some time before 3 a.m. and called the engineer in charge by telephone. The engineer went to the works and arranged for the employee to go home. That afternoon he was seen by a doctor. On the evening of April 22, a cardiogram was taken at a doctor’s office. Early in the morning of April 24, the employee had a fatal heart seizure. A single member of the Industrial Accident Board awarded dependency compensation and made, on the issue of liability to pay…