MATTER OF SHELDON v. BROUGHTON CORP.


42 A.D.2d 650 (1973)

In the Matter of the Claim of Ethel Sheldon, Appellant, v. Broughton Corporation et al., Respondents. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

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

June 27, 1973


Upon this appeal it is not disputed that the deceased employee, while in the course of his employment as an outside salesman, died on March 11, 1970 while eating his meal at a restaurant. An autopsy established that death resulted from a piece of meat located at the base of the tongue and partially in the larynx which completely blocked the air passage shutting off air to the lungs. The board found: "based on the probative medical evidence that the decedent's death was the...

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