Fatal Cardiac From Meeting Stress Ruled Compensable

A school superintendent's fatal attack during a heated meeting with the school board was compensable because the stress was connected to his work, the Connecticut Court of Appeals ruled. Widow Sharon Chesler petitioned and received benefits after the death of her husband, Nathan Chesler. He had a fatal heart attack during a board of education meeting he attended as the Derby superintendent of schools. The defendants in the case, Chesler v. City of Derby, no. AC 26805, (06/27/06), were the city of Derby and Fairfield Insurance Company/ESIS. They appealed the findings and death-benefit aw...