Claim of Newman v. Clarkstown Central School District

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed February 15, 1979, which awarded death benefits to the claimant. The decedent was employed as a school custodian (janitor) and on April 5, 1971, while in the course of his employment, he died as the result of a myocardial infarction. The decedent’s precise activity at the time he was stricken was unknown, as his collapse was unwitnessed, but there is evidence that he was in the general course of his employment, i.e., cleaning or performing duties in a classroom. The appellants’ expert witness testified that the decedent had a…