Claim of Santacroce v. 40 W. 20th Street, Inc.

Appeal by an employer and its insurance carrier from a decision and award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board for death benefits in a heart case. Appellants contest the findings of accident and causal relation. Decedent, an elevator operator, had suffered for inamr years from rheumatic heart disease, double aortic lesions and bronchial asthma. His attending physician reported death due to acute pulmonary edema, left ventricular failure. In its memorandum decision the board attributed decedent’s death to his work activity, more specifically to the effect of an argument between decedent and the…