Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of Gertrude Taylor, Respondent, against Board of Education, Union Free School District No. 1, of North Tonawanda, N. Y., and The Century Indemnity Company, Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1942-03-11
Citations: 263 A.D. 1033
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of Gertrude Taylor, Respondent, against Board of Education, Union Free School District No. 1, of North Tonawanda, N. Y., and The Century Indemnity Company, Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 263
Pages: 1033–1033

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of Gertrude Taylor, Respondent, against Board of Education, Union Free School District No. 1, of North Tonawanda, N. Y., and The Century Indemnity Company, Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent.

Opinion:
Claimant, a school teacher, suffered an injury " whEe walking on her employer's premises and whEe approximately three feet from the school door." The injury resulted from a faE occasioned by coming in collision with a dog that was running on the school grounds. Claimant's business was not confined solely to the interior of the school building. The presence of children on the school grounds attracted dogs. The injury resulted from her employment. Award unanimously affirmed, with costs to the State Industrial Board. Present — Hill, P. J., Crapser, Bliss, Schenck and Foster, JJ.