Claim of Zimmers v. Barclay Fruit Co.

Appeal by the employer and its insurance carrier from an award of compensation. Claimant was president and acted as salesman and buyer of the employer corporation, which, on September 6, 1951, was engaged in the wholesale fruit and vegetable business. On September 17, 1951, claimant was taken ill at his home and a physician, who was called, to whom no history of accident was given, made a diagnosis of cerebral thrombosis. On the following day, claimant came under the care of a practitioner licensed to treat compensation cases. This doctor testified that sometime in September he received a…