Wadsworth Contractors, Inc. v. Uptain

HOLMES, Judge.

This is a workmen’s compensation case.

The employee was injured when he was electrocuted in the course of his employment. He suffered a cardiac arrest, for which he was hospitalized. The employer paid the medical expenses associated with this initial hospitalization, and they are not in dispute in this case.

After his release from the hospital, the employee continued to experience chest pain. Approximately two months after the accident he was again hospitalized for tests to determine the cause of the chest pain. The employer refused to pay for this second hospitalization and…