MATTER OF MEIGEL v. GEN. FOODS CORP.


2 A.D.2d 945 (1956)

In the Matter of the Claim of Thomas Meigel, Respondent, v. General Foods Corp. et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

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

November 14, 1956


The sole issue is whether the accident sustained by claimant arose out of and in the course of his employment. Claimant, who was 17 years of age, was directed by his employer to join a group of other employees of his age on an upper floor to straighten out the place and wait until closing time. While the boys were on the upper floor, one of them picked up a steel bar which was on the premises and challenged claimant and the other boys, in a test of strength, to try to bend...

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