Claim of Bottaro v. Miss Rubette, Inc.

— Appeals from decisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed October 26, 1973 and January 3, 1975. The only issue to be resolved upon this appeal is whether the board properly excused the failure of the claimant to give written notice to his employer of the nature and extent of his injury (Workmen’s Compensation Law, § 18). Claimant sustained a heart attack causally related to his work on November 30, 1971 which required hospitalization. He thereafter returned to work and suffered a recurrence on April 13, 1972 requiring further hospitalization. Original claims for compensation were…