Somers v. SAIF Corp.

Claimant seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order reversing the referee and holding that claimant failed to prove that his myocardial infarction was compensable. On de novo review, we reverse.

Claimant is 48 years old. He has practiced law since 1962. In addition, he serves as municipal judge and a bankruptcy trustee. Before June, 1982, he had no known cardiovascular problems. On the morning of June 24, 1982, he was served with a default order in one of his estimated thirteen to fourteen hundred open case files. Investigation disclosed that the default had been taken approximately…