Gierman v. M & H Machine Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

J.H. COLEMAN, J.A.D.

The novel question raised by this workers’ compensation case is whether the 1979 legislative change in the standard for determining whether a heart attack is work connected applies to a case in which petitioner seeks to establish a causal relationship of a heart attack to a previously adjudicated compensable condition. The Judge of Compensation found that the statute *107did not apply. We agree and affirm for the reasons which follow.

On June 29, 1979 a judgment was entered in the Division of Workers’ Compensation finding that Howard…