MATTER OF HALLAS v. ATLAS


12 A.D.2d 675 (1960)

In the Matter of the Claim of Blodwen Hallas, Respondent, v. Carlin Crimmins Atlas et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

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

December 2, 1960


Decedent fell while carrying steel rods down a steep ramp and died. There was no autopsy; but the medical examiner gave the cause of death as "coronary sclerosis". The board could find, however, that decedent was alive when the fall began. An eyewitness said that decedent's "reaction" as he "went down the ramp" was that "his hands went out". The ramp was cleated and the witness, describing what he saw, said that when decedent stepped...

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