Claim of Marcus v. City of Troy

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed June 8, 2005, which ruled that the death of claimant’s decedent was not causally related to his employment.

Claimant’s husband (hereinafter decedent) was employed by the City of Troy, Department of Public Utilities, as a truck driver/sewer maintenance worker. According to a coworker, he and decedent had just finished an afternoon coffee break and were returning to work in the employer’s truck, which decedent was driving, when decedent suddenly, without any prior indication that anything was wrong, suffered convulsions and shaking…