MATTER OF GRIMES v. VILL. OF ALBION


279 A.D. 486 (1952)

In the Matter of the Claim of Rachel E. Grimes, Respondent, v. Village of Albion et al., Appellants, and Special Disability Fund, Respondent. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

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

March 12, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Katzen, General Attorney of The State Insurance Fund (George J. Hayes and Victor Fiddler with him on the brief), for appellants.

Nathaniel L. Goldstein, Attorney-General (Gilbert M. Landy and Roy Wiedersum of counsel), for Workmen's Compensation Board, respondent.

Burroughs A. Strickland for claimant-respondent.

HEFFERNAN, BREWSTER, BERGAN and COON, JJ., concur.


FOSTER, P. J.

Appeal by an employer and its insurance carrier from an award of death benefits made by the Workmen's Compensation Board to the widow of a deceased volunteer fireman.

Decedent was a member of the volunteer fire department of the village of Albion, New York. He died from a heart attack brought on as a result of excitement and exertion to which he was subjected while fighting a fire. His widow...

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