MATTER OF DURLACHER v. GREAT ATL. & PAC. TEA CO.


284 A.D. 818 (1954)

In the Matter of the Claim of Edwin W. Durlacher, Respondent, v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

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

July 8, 1954.


Claimant was employed as a stock clerk and packer in a supermarket. While at home at night, he was stricken with a paralytic disease, which has since disabled him. This unusual disease, known as lymphocytic choreomeningitis, according to the undisputed medical testimony, can be contracted only from inhaling or direct contact with, the dried urine of mice. Claimant testified that he saw mice in his place of employment, and in his apartment. The medical testimony indicates...

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