Daniels v. Office Mart Holding Corp.

WENTWORTH, Judge.

Claimant seeks review of a workers’ compensation order by which death benefit claims were denied upon a determination that the deceased employee’s heart attack was not compensable. We find that the strain to which the employee was subjected was routine to his employment, and we therefore affirm the order appealed.

Death benefits were sought for the spouse and two minor children of an employee who died of a heart attack on his first day of work for the employer. The employee had previously worked for another employer for 27 years, and then retired. After approximately one year…