MATTER OF ESPERANCE v. CHURCH OF ST. ANTHONY PADUA


281 A.D. 789 (1953)

In the Matter of the Claim of Mary Esperance, Respondent, v. Church of St. Anthony Padua et al., Appellants In the Matter of the Claim of Ann Gonzago, Respondent, v. Church of St. Anthony Padua et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

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

January 26, 1953.


The evidence supported the conclusion that a pre-existing heart condition, from which the decedent had been suffering for many years, was aggravated by a fall on the stairs of the convent where the decedent lived and engaged in teaching, which fall resulted in a fracture of her hip. An operation was necessary for the correction of the hip fracture. There was testimony that the shock of the hip fracture and of the operation aggravated...

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