MATTER OF MASSE v. ROBINSON CO.


301 N.Y. 34 (1950)

In the Matter of the Claim of Marion Masse, Claimant, v. James H. Robinson Co., Inc., et al., Respondents. Workmen's Compensation Board, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 13, 1950


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathaniel L. Goldstein, Attorney-General (Theodore M. Schwartz, Wendell P. Brown and Roy Wiedersum of counsel), for Workmen's Compensation Board, appellant.

Edward L. Robinson, Jr., William M. Fay, Solon J. Stone and William B. Lawless, Jr., for respondents.

LEWIS, CONWAY, DESMOND, DYE, FULD and FROESSEL, JJ., concur.


LOUGHRAN, Ch. J.

This is a workmen's compensation case. The employee, Paul J. Masse, whose work had long been physically hard, was subjected to unusual strain and exertion during his working hours in the week that ended April 15, 1947. On that date, he moved a large number of heavy objects after which he looked pale and weak and on his arrival home went to bed. When he complained of chest pains the next morning...

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