MATTER OF KNOPKA v. WALKER WEIGHING CORP.


28 A.D.2d 1022 (1967)

In the Matter of the Claim of Peter Knopka, Respondent, v. Walker Weighing Corporation et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

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

October 24, 1967


AULISI, J.

Claimant was employed as a scaleman weighing bags of coffee at a pier in New York City. On June 30, 1964 at approximately 10:30 A.M., while doing his work, claimant was "rapped in the head" with a beam of the scale. This metal beam was over seven feet long and weighed 50 to 60 pounds. About an hour later, after leaving the pier, claimant passed out in a friend's car. He was taken to the hospital in a convulsive state. He has subsequently suffered...

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