Claim of Wilson v. Reddy Construction Co.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed January 27, 1999, which ruled that the death of claimant’s decedent was not causally related to his employment and denied her claim for workers’ compensation death benefits.

On April 22, 1994, while working as a shop supervisor and diesel mechanic at a construction company, decedent suffered a myocardial infarction which resulted in his death. Claimant, decedent’s spouse, filed a claim for workers’ compensation death benefits alleging that decedent’s myocardial infarction and resulting death were caused by stressful and strenuous…