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MATTER OF BOGGAN v. ABBY FINISHING CO.

11 A.D.2d 591 (1960)

In the Matter of the Claim of Fred Boggan, Appellant, v. Abby Finishing Company et al., Respondents. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

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

May 16, 1960

The employer was engaged in a business which required the extensive use of highly inflammable materials. For that reason a strict and rigidly enforced rule against smoking in the building was in effect. Claimant went to a washroom in the building, lighted a cigarette, threw the match into a toilet bowl, the contents of which immediately burst into flames. Claimant got a pail of sand and threw it upon the flames, whereupon some of...

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