Claim of Murphy v. Howard & Schatter, Inc.

The board found, upon substantial evidence, that disability was due to a fresh myocardial infarction caused by excessive exertion and strain during the five-day period preceding the first onset of pain. Claimant was a salesman of wallpaper and decorative fabrics but during the period in question assisted in the removal of the employer’s business to a new location, working overtime several nights and on Saturday, lifting and handling fixtures and merchandise, some few cartons of which weighed 30 pounds each; assisting in the moving and setting up of display screens, there being “ hundreds ” of…