Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of Joseph A. Vilord, Appellant, against Village of Suffern et al., Respondents. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1951-09-19
Citations: 278 A.D. 1030
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of Joseph A. Vilord, Appellant, against Village of Suffern et al., Respondents. Workmen’s Compensation Board, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 278
Pages: 1030–1030

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of Joseph A. Vilord, Appellant, against Village of Suffern et al., Respondents. Workmen’s Compensation Board, Respondent.

Opinion:
Claimant is the chief of police in Suffern. In times of heavy traffic activity he occasionally did traffic duty, but this was not part of his regular work. On March 27, 1948, while he was strenuously directing traffic, he sustained a heart attack which disabled him. There is medical proof that the attack was associated with the strain of added physical activity; there is other medical proof that there was no such association. The board accepted the proof of nonassociation and dismissed the claim. That this may seem inconsistent with what the board has done in other eases offers no sufficient basis for judicial relief. (Matter of McSweeney v. Hammerlund Mfg. Go., 275 App. Div. 447, 450.) Decision unanimously affirmed, without costs. Present — Foster, P. J., Heffernan, Brewster, Bergan and Coon, JJ. [See 279 App. Div. 695.]