MATTER OF O'NEIL v. WILLIAM RANDOLPH DAIRY FARM


65 A.D.2d 907 (1978)

In the Matter of the Claim of Michael O'Neil, Respondent, v. William Randolph Dairy Farm et al., Appellants. Workers' Compensation Board, Respondent

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

November 30, 1978


On March 17, 1975, claimant was hired by the appellant employer as a farmhand. That same day, after he had completed his work at about 6:00 P.M., he along with a fellow employee went to cut wood for a stove used to heat the house on the farm in which they both lived. While claimant was thus occupied cutting down a tree, a limb fell on his head and severely injured him, and the instant claim resulted wherein the board determined that claimant's injuries were compensable. Initially...

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