Simon v. Village of Plainview

Loring, Chief Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which the widow and dependent children of a deceased employe, Lester Simon, hereinafter referred to as employe, were granted compensation by a referee, whose decision was affirmed by the industrial commission.

The question presented for decision is whether the employe’s death was caused by an accidental injury arising out of and in the course of his employment. Incidental to this question is the one whether the work employe was doing on March 2, 1950, when he suffered a coronary occlusion, subjected him to unusually severe exertion…