MATTER OF HAILSTORK v. CAYUGA COUNTY COUNCIL, INC., BOY SCOUTS OF AM.


22 A.D.2d 978 (1964)

In the Matter of the Claim of Adolphus Hailstork, Appellant, v. Cayuga County Council, Inc., Boy Scouts of America, et al., Respondents. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

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

December 17, 1964


Per Curiam.

The decedent, a 72-year-old man, was employed as a cook at the employer's Boy Scout camp. In July, 1958, while preparing a meal, he turned to walk away from a table where he had been standing and fell to the floor. On subsequent medical and X-ray examinations it was found that he had sustained a fracture of the right femur. As to the facts preceding the fall the decedent's testimony was vague and fragmentary; he referred to "turning fast", a "misstep...

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