Sturmer v. Harbor Beer Distributing Corp.

Appeal from decisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed June 3, 1976 and November 18, 1976. On this appeal, appellants argue that the board’s decision excusing claimant’s failure to file written notice with the employer within 30 days is not supported by substantial evidence and is erroneous as a matter of law. Claimant’s wife testified that she informed the shop steward that the claimant had become sick on the job that day and had been hospitalized that evening with a heart attack. The shop steward testified that the next day he informed the claimant’s immediate supervisors that the…