Paper Products Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion bt

Judge Rogers,

Paper Products Company here appeals from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board, affirming a referee’s award of expenses and compensation to Joseph P. Kirin, formerly employed as a truck driver by Paper Products, on account of a heart attack suffered by Kirin in the course of his employment on December 20,1976. We affirm.

The claimant testified that he suffered a .sharp pain across his chest (later diagnosed as a myocardial infarction), as he drove his truck around a corner.

To be eligible for workmen’s compensation a claimant must prove that the injury was…