Claim of Steadman v. Albany County

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ *1650Compensation Board, filed October 23, 2009, which ruled that decedent did not sustain a causally related injury and denied claimant’s claim for workers’ compensation death benefits.

Decedent collapsed and died after suffering a heart attack while working for the employer as a mail courier in August 2007. Claimant, decedent’s former wife, thereafter commenced this claim seeking workers’ compensation death benefits for decedent’s two children. Following a hearing, the Workers’ Compensation Law Judge denied the claim, finding that decedent had long-standing…