MATTER OF BURNS v. MERRITT ENG'G CO.


276 A.D. 802 (1949)

In the Matter of the Claim of Martin K. Burns, Respondent, v. Merritt Engineering Co. et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

November 28, 1949.


The employer was engaged in the manufacture of plywood and veneer machinery. Claimant was employed as a machinist. On September 13, 1947, while in the course of his employment, claimant accidentally drank carbon tetrachloride from a bottle labeled "Barclay's Gin". The board found that on September 13, 1947, while claimant was engaged in the regular course of his employment he took a drink from a bottle marked Barclay's Gin which was offered to him by a coemployee. The bottle...

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