Claim of Sheldon v. Broughton Corp.

Appeal by the claimant from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed May 23, 1972, which denied death benefits to the claimant. Upon this appeal it is not disputed that the deceased employee, while in the course of his employment as an outside salesman, died on March 11, 1970 while eating his meal at a restaurant. An autopsy established that death resulted . from a piece of meat located at the base of the tongue and partially in the larynx which completely blocked the air passage shutting off air to the lungs. The board found: “ based on the probative medical evidence that the…