Case ID: ad_267/html/1020-06.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

In the Matter of the Claim of Hazel Baum et al., Respondents, against Herbert E. Welden, Appellant. State Industrial Board, Respondent.
   Appeal by a noninsured employer from an award of death benefits made by the State Industrial Board to the widow of a deceased employee under the Workmen’s Compensation Law. Award reversed and claim dismissed on the ground that the employer was a farmer and the alleged deceased employee" was engaged in the performance of labor incidental to the operation of appellant’s farm and was, therefore, not engaged in a hazardous employment under the Workmen’s Compensation Law. (Workmen’s Compensation Law, § 2, subd. 4; § 3, subd. 1, group 18.) All concur, except HefEernan, J., who dissents. [See post, p. 1032.]