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MATTER OF SEAMAN v. HEWLETT FIRE DEP'T OF HEWLETT BAY FIRE DIST.

8 A.D.2d 573 (1959)

In the Matter of the Claim of Harold Seaman, Appellant, v. Hewlett Fire Department of Hewlett Bay Fire District et al., Respondents. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

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

March 11, 1959

Claimant, a volunteer fireman, attended a firemen's convention as a delegate. He stayed at a motel where he fell and was injured while taking a shower some time prior to a morning session of the convention. His claim for benefits under the Volunteer Firemen's Benefit Law has been disallowed, the board finding that at the time of his fall he "was engaged in a purely personal act." We find nothing in the record to warrant our disturbing...

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