MATTER OF BOWERS v. LONG ISLAND LIGHTING CO.


1 A.D.2d 719 (1955)

In the Matter of the Claim of Adelaide Bowers, Appellant, v. Long Island Lighting Co. et al., Respondents. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

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

December 23, 1955


Decedent was engaged in some work on an appliance in a customer's home. There is ample evidence that he was drinking while on the job; that he was abusive, staggered, fell to the pavement outside the home, and generally appeared to be very much intoxicated. Despite protests from fellow employees and others, decedent got in a truck and drove down the street. Four or five blocks from the starting point he hit a parked vehicle and was...

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