Court Upholds Denial of Benefits for Heart Attack

A New York appellate court upheld a denial of benefits to a worker for a heart attack, finding some of his evidence had properly been excluded and that he didn't establish a causal connection to his job. Case: Matter of Cartafalsa v. Zurich American Insurance Co., No. 528678, 09/26/2019, published. Facts and procedural history: John B. Cartafalsa Jr. filed a workers’ compensation claim asserting he had suffered a work-related heart attack in August 2017. A workers’ compensation law judge found sufficient medical evidence of a causally related injury to allow the claim to pro...