claimant testified that he had at least a dozen incidents of stress with supervisors that caused him to leave work prior to his heart attack
How later courts described this case
- claimant testified that he had at least a dozen incidents of stress with supervisors that caused him to leave work prior to his heart attack
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
Concurring opinion by
Judge Palladino:
Because this case is not a psychic injury case, reference to that body of law in the majority opinion is inapposite.
The claimant in this case sustained an aggravation of preexisting hypertension and a cardiovascular condition caused by stress from his work. The claimant does not assert that he sustained a psychic injury as a result of subjective reactions to normal working conditions. The claimants entitlement is based upon the fact that he sustained a compensable injury which consisted of aggravation of a preexisting condition and the nexus of causation was stress.
The employers contention that the claimants subjective reaction to normal working conditions was the sole cause of the cardiovascular injury has no merit and should be summarily dealt with.