The sole issue is whether the board was in error in finding that there was not sufficient proof to entitle the employer to reimbursement from the Special Fund under subdivision 8 of section 15 of the Workmen's Compensation Law, the so-called second injury statute. The decedent at the time of his death was employed as a labor foreman by the appellant Town of Coxsackie. While engaged in heavy work in repairing a road, he suffered a heart attack which caused his death. There...
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