Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of Augusta Frankel, Appellant, against National 5, 10 and 25 Cent Stores and Another, Respondents. State Industrial Board, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1935-03
Citations: 243 A.D. 841
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of Augusta Frankel, Appellant, against National 5, 10 and 25 Cent Stores and Another, Respondents. State Industrial Board, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 243
Pages: 841–841

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of Augusta Frankel, Appellant, against National 5, 10 and 25 Cent Stores and Another, Respondents. State Industrial Board, Respondent.

Opinion:
Claimant's intestate had worked for several hours unpacking merchandise in the employer's store. About two-forty-five p. m. a fellow-employee remarked upon his distressed appearance; intestate replied that he had suffered a strain. About four p. m. he suffered a seizure and shortly died of angina pectoris. Physician testified that the work of unpacking merchandise " could have " produced the angina. (Matter of McLaughlin v. Curtis-Quillen Co., 223 App. Div. 208.) Award was denied by the State Industrial Board. Decision of the State Industrial Board affirmed. Hill, P. J., Rhodes, McNamee and Bliss, JJ., concur; Crapser, J., dissents.