Case ID: ad_252/html/0715-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

In the Matter of the Claim of Helen McSweeney, Respondent, against Railway Express Agency, Inc., Employer and Self-Insurer, Appellant. State Industrial Board, Respondent.
   Decedent died from heat prostration. He was engaged in operating a tractor which drew trailers from one railway express station to another. He was stricken while sitting in a tractor, at the employer’s Long Island City Express Terminal, at a time when the temperature was 100 degrees. The evidence sustains the award. Award unanimously affirmed, with costs to the State Industrial Board. Present — Hill, P. J., Rhodes, McNamee, Crapser and Heffernan, JJ.