Rappaport v. Cimex International

Claimant’s decedent, employed as a warehouse manager, sustained a compensable injury to his foot on December 29, 1977. Due to decedent’s underlying diabetic condition, his foot became infected, requiring hospitalization on January 5, 1978 and again on February 27, 1978. During the second hospitalization, claimant suffered a myocardial infarction precipitated by his diabetic condition. Decedent never returned to work and his disability continued until his death on June 15, 1982. While the employer and its carrier vigorously controverted the finding of causation before the Workers’ Compensation…