Riutta v. Mayflower Farms, Inc.

Claimant, a 53-year-old driver-salesman, worked hard for many years in the dairy industry without known heart problems until, beginning several months before June 1971, suspicious symptoms started appearing, peaked by an attack of coronary insufficiency (coronary arteries supplying insufficient blood to the heart muscle) on June 25, 1971, during a period of vigorous work activity. He was hospitalized by his family doctor for coronary treatment and discharged as symptomless on July 1, 1971, with a diagnosis of arteriosclerotic heart disease with coronary insufficiency. He filed a workman’s…