Claim of Adler v. Guild Electronics

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed July 1,1982. Claimant contends that the record lacks substantial evidence to support the board’s decision finding no causal relationship between decedent’s employment and the disease which resulted in his death. It is undisputed that decedent’s death was caused by immunoblastic lymphoma, a rare form of cancer affecting the lymphatic and immunological systems. Claimant’s expert testified that the disease was directly related to claimant’s exposure to certain toxic substances during his work for the employer. Both the employer’s…