Sperbeck v. Department of Industry, Labor & Human Relations

Respondent’s husband, John Sperbeek, was forty-six years old when he suffered a heart attack and died on February 11, 1967. At that time Sperbeek had been employed for sixteen years as a fireman by the city of Fond du Lac. On the day of his death, Sperbeek had not been working but had been spearfishing with his son and two friends. He returned home, and that evening suffered the fatal heart attack. An autopsy was performed which resulted in the following opinion by the medical examiner as to the cause of death:

“In my opinion, this 46 year old white male died of hemorrhage into an atheromatous…