[24 N.Y.2d 416 Page 418] Decedent was employed by Tip Top Farms, Inc. for 12 years as a milk delivery routeman. As part of his duties, decedent was required to lift and carry cases of milk weighing 50 to 60 pounds. Decedent suffered a heart attack while delivering milk
on August 5, 1965, and died before reaching a hospital. The heart attack resulted in part from severe "hypertensive arteriosclerotic heart disease" which had existed for at least five years prior to death.
