MATTER OF SMYTH v. PINKERTON NAT'L DETECTIVE AGENCY


4 A.D.2d 726 (1957)

In the Matter of the Claim of Jane Smyth, Respondent, v. Pinkerton National Detective Agency et al., Appellants, and Aggregate Trust Fund, Respondent. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

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

June 13, 1957


Decedent was employed by a detective agency as a night guard at an industrial plant. It was part of his instruction not to drink on the job or come to the job after drinking; and not to operate equipment in the plant. He was found crushed to death between the steering wheel of a Hi-Lo and a conveyor belt. The Hi-Lo is a lifting mechanism which can be raised or lowered and moved about in the plant and was powered by an electric motor. Decedent was sitting in the seat of the...

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