Claim of Boni-Phillips v. Oliver

Appeals from a decision and an amended decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed January 19, 2007 and January 18, 2008, which ruled that the death of claimant’s decedent was causally related to his employment, and awarded claimant workers’ compensation death benefits.

Claimant’s husband had been working alone for the employer when he was found lying on the floor in full cardiac arrest. He died later the same day. The Workers’ Compensation Board awarded death benefits to claimant, holding that the employer had not overcome the presumption of compensability in Workers’ Compensation Law…