MTR. OF PETTERSON v. DAYSTROM CORP.


17 N.Y.2d 32 (1966)

In the Matter of the Claim of Betty J. Petterson, as the Widow of Einar A. Petterson, Deceased, Respondent, v. Daystrom Corp., et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 17, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney A. Schwartz for appellants.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Morris N. Lissauer, Ruth Kessler Toch and Daniel Polansky of counsel), for Workmen's Compensation Board, respondent.

Thurston Greene for Betty J. Petterson, respondent.

Jacques Smit for American Mutual Insurance Alliance and another, amici curiæ.

Chief Judge DESMOND and Judges VAN VOORHIS, BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN and KEATING concur.


FULD, J.

On March 15, 1958, Einar Petterson, an employee of Daystrom Corp., was returning from an out-of-state job assignment in an automobile leased by his employer from Triboro Drive-It-Yourself, Inc., and driven by a fellow employee named Verven. Near Sharon, Connecticut, the car skidded off the road and crashed into a tree causing serious injuries to Petterson. He...

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