Claim of Sullivan v. Paul Smith's College of Arts & Sciences

—Mugglin, J.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed April 8, 1998, which ruled that claimant’s decedent did not sustain an accidental injury in the course of his employment and denied her claim for workers’ compensation benefits.

Claimant’s decedent (her spouse) worked for the employer as its Director of Development and Communications, a position that involved fund-raising and public relations. On April 18, 1996, decedent (age 50) died of heart failure while playing basketball during his lunch break on one of the employer’s courts. The factual issue presented in this…