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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

In the Matter of the Claim of Inez Giovine, Respondent, against United Hebrew Cemetery and Glens Falls Indemnity Company, Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent.
   Appeal from an award of death benefits to a widow. The husband met his death while employed in a cemetery in connection with the digging of a grave and the burial of a body. He was struck by lightning. His employment exposed him to the hazard. (Matter of Katz v. Kadans & Co., 232 N. Y. 420; Matter of Christiansen v. Hill Reproduction Company, 262 App. Div. 379; Matter of Hughes v. St. Patrick’s Cathedral, 218 id. 796; affd., 245 N. Y. 201; Matter of Many v. Bradford, 266 id. 558.) Award unanimously affirmed, with costs to the State Industrial Board. Present — Hill, P. J., Crapser, Hefíernan, Schenek and Foster, JJ.