Washington Food Specialties, Inc. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

I respectfully dissent. The majority erred in holding that the cumulative effects of having a hectic job for 27 years first as owner of a company, then as President, is sufficient causation to establish that a heart attack was work-related. Moreover, it did so without support of the necessary medical testimony that the injury was a result of the employee’s work.

From 1957 to 1980, the decedent, Edward Britko (Britko) was the owner of Washington Food Specialties Company (Washington Foods), a family-owned business which sold snack foods to various retail establishments in Washington and Greene…