Claim of Reinstein v. Mendola

This is an appeal from a decision awarding benefits following a death by suicide. . The decedent, George Rein-stein, was a barber with a history of heart trouble dating back to 1951. On April 30,1965 he sustained a work connected incarcerated inguinal hernia that required immediate surgery. Following the surgery he developed severe chest pains and related symptoms of coronary insufficiency requiring several weeks hospitalization. An award was made for disability that causally related the heart condition to the hernia operation. He attempted to return to work in March of 1966 on a part-time…