The decedent, who was a tailor, concededly fell while at work and sustained an injury to his head in the nature of "a laceration of the skull" for which he received hospital treatment including six stitches to the scalp. There are hearsay statements made by the decedent that he struck his head on his machine as he fell. The problem is whether these statements are corroborated by "circumstances or other evidence" (Workmen's Compensation Law, § 118). During his lifetime...
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