MATTER OF NISSELS v. CARSON'S DEP'T STORE


3 A.D.2d 774 (1957)

In the Matter of the Claim of Gisala Nissels, Respondent, v. Carson's Department Store et al., Respondents, and Special Disability Fund, Appellant. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

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

March 14, 1957


An appeal by the employer and carrier was withdrawn. The board found that decedent, while performing the work of a window trimmer in a retail store, was subjected to unusual strain and exertion which precipitated a cerebral hemorrhage causing his death. There was proof that decedent, working against time to prepare a window display before the store opened for a special sale or promotion of some kind, moved some 6 or 7 mannequins, each weighing from 45 to 65 pounds, contrary...

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