Wisherd v. Paul Koch Volkswagen, Inc.

The employer appeals from a circuit court order affirming hearings referee and Workmen’s Compensation Board decisions awarding compensation to claimant on a claim arising out of a disabling heart disease. The issue, as usual, is causation.

Claimant suffered from congenital aortic heart disease and hyperlipidemia, an inherited hypercholesterol condition. He was not aware of the heart condition until March 1,1974, the day after his employment was terminated, when symptoms he had attributed to a stomach ailment were diagnosed as referable to heart disease. On March 14,1974, two weeks after the…