Legal Question in Workers Comp in California

Is your work a cause of the MI? Depends upon which physician you speak to. Medicine has identified numerous risk factors, but a risk factor is not necessarily a cause. Physical stress is actually a positive factor; it used to be, and may still be the situation, that many American males died within 2 years of taking retirement. Married men live longer than single men, but have to deal wilth the added stress of marriage. People with more money are more likely to discover coronary problems before overt symptoms then poorer people. A major cause of people having MI's is that they no longer die at an earlier age from some other disease.

Many years ago I handled the defense of WC cases. Applicant's attorneys could almost always find some Dr. willing to say almost anything [defense Drs. could be almost as bad]. You need to try to find out what caused the MI; had you suffered any injury else where that caused a blot clot that traveled from the injury site to a narrower vessel to block the flow of blood to the heart? Likely no one can tell you why the MI happened. They could not tell me whether I actually had an MI or not [surgeon said yes, my top cardiologist says probably not]. I was told by Myer Friedman, co-author of Type A Behavior, that I was a type B so would not have any pre-60 years old MI [i was 59 when the problems were discovered]; his comment merely made me doubt even more his simplist theory that he even partially abandoned. So what I am saying is that no one can with certainity tell you. You have to weigh the illegal factor of employers often developing a somewhat negative attitude of those who file WC claims for non-direct, clear trauma. With an MI your boss might conclude you can not handle as demanding a job; with a WC application for injury he/she is more likely to adopt that attitude..

You should ask the Drs. involved what they think, but their medical opinion will be shaded by their own social beliefs. you could go to several competent applicant's attorneys and get their opinions [again shaded]. It is also important that you find out what you can do to reduce the likelihood of more symptoms and increase the degree of your recovery.

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