MATTER OF GALLAGHER v. STEERS & MORRISON-KNUDSEN


12 A.D.2d 830 (1961)

In the Matter of the Claim of Madelene Gallagher, on Behalf of Herself and Minor Children, Respondent, v. Steers & Morrison-Knudsen et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

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

January 11, 1961


The Workmen's Compensation Board has found that decedent's death was accidental. Appellants contend that it was a case of suicide. Decedent was last seen alive on July 24, 1957, in the men's washroom of the employer's premises on the 27th floor of a building at some time between 2:30 P.M. and 3:15 P.M. Shortly thereafter his badly mangled body was found in the courtyard of the building. There was a large window in the washroom which concededly was open and usually kept open...

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