Claim of Seymour v. Sokolneck

Staley, Jr., J.

Appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed May 15, 1969. Claimant’s husband was employed as a taxicab driver in the City of New York. On August 16, 1968 he stopped his cab for a traffic light, whereupon his cab was struck in the rear by another vehicle. He immediately got out of his cab, collapsed and died. The autopsy report stated the cause of death to be “ occlusive coronary arteriosclerosis, myocardial hypertrophy and multiple infarcts ”. The board determined that there is medical evidence indicating that the death was directly related to the…