MATTER OF SMITH v. SYRACUSE UNIV.


277 A.D. 1084 (1950)

In the Matter of the Claim of Sophie Smith, Respondent, v. Syracuse University et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

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

November 29, 1950.


Decedent was employed by Syracuse University as a foreman of a farm operated by the university. On February 3, 1938, while he was helping to rehang a barn door which had blown down, the door fell on him and he sustained various injuries of a serious nature. As a result of the accident the decedent became totally disabled. There is testimony to indicate that his condition became gradually worse and he developed a paralysis and neurological changes which were attributed to...

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