Hart v. John J. Nissen Baking Co.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION.

We affirm the judgment of the Appellate Division of the Workers’ Compensation Commission reversing the Commissioner’s award of benefits for a heart attack. The employee’s heart condition arose from his underlying condition of arteriosclerosis, a condition that was not related to his employment, although the actual attack may have been precipitated by activity associated with his work. We have established in previous decisions the standard for “cases involving aggravation or 'lighting up’ of a pre-existing condition of disease,” Wescott v. S.D. Warren, 447 A.2d 78, 80…