MATTER OF HERMAN v. RINGLING BROS. BARNUM & BAILEY


10 A.D.2d 745 (1960)

In the Matter of the Claim of Coy Herman, Respondent, v. Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

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

March 18, 1960


Claimant was hired as a "bullman" in Sarasota, Florida, where the circus employer had its winter quarters. Claimant's duties were really that of a laborer, helping to clean the elephants, doing the necessary cleaning up around them, and assisting in the necessary physical work of caring for the elephants. He was in no sense a trainer or an expert, and was hired for no definite period, working only from day to day. He worked at Sarasota for a time during the Winter of 1955...

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