| Date: | 03/22/1999 |
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| Organization: | Department of Industrial Accidents |
| Docket Number: | DIA Board No. 009734-89 |
| Location: | Boston |
- Employee: Lester Bates
- Employer: City of Beverly
- Self Insurer: City of Beverly
LEVINE, J. Lester Bates, sixty-six years old at the time of hearing, suffered a myocardial infarction at work on August 19, 1975. (Dec. 4, 6.) The self-insurer accepted liability for this injury and paid § 34 temporary total incapacity benefits until his return to work on January 20, 1976. (Dec. 5, 6.) The employee returned to work on a part-time basis but eventually resumed his full-time work. (Dec. 6.) On January 28, 1977 he suffered a second myocardial infarction while at home. (Dec. 7.) In the interim between his first and second infarctions, the employee was laid off by his employer in a cost-cutting effort. Id.