Claim of Greenbaum v. MKI Securities

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed October 22, 1991, which ruled that claimant sustained a compensable injury and awarded workers’ compensation benefits.

The employer and its workers’ compensation insurance carrier object to the finding of the Workers’ Compensation Board that, given the stress caused by claimant’s job, his myocardial infarction arose out of and in the course of his employment. Testimony indicated that stress was placed upon claimant due to the nature of his job as well as the decrease in business engendered by the stock market crash in October…