MATTER OF GRAHAM v. NASSAU & SUFFOLK LIGHT. CO.


283 A.D. 228 (1953)

In the Matter of the Claim of Marion K. Graham, Respondent, v. Nassau & Suffolk Lighting Company et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

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

December 22, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert N. Van Benthuysen and John J. Duggan for appellants.

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

Walter Forster for claimant-respondent.

BERGAN, COON and HALPERN, JJ., concur; FOSTER, P. J., dissents.


IMRIE, J.

Decedent was a gas maker in charge of a gas making machine at the Hempstead, New York, plant of employer, Nassau & Suffolk Lighting Company. On October 2, 1948, he was burned to death in the superheater of the machine. The Workmen's Compensation Board has found the death accidental awarding benefits therefor to his widow and four minor children. Employer and its insurance carrier have appealed to...

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