Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of Vida Whittaker and Another, Respondents, against O'Connell Construction Company and Another, Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1936-05
Citations: 248 A.D. 646
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of Vida Whittaker and Another, Respondents, against O’Connell Construction Company and Another, Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 248
Pages: 646–646

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of Vida Whittaker and Another, Respondents, against O’Connell Construction Company and Another, Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent.

Opinion:
Award of death benefits. The deceased employee was engaged in driving a large tractor. It ran upon a stone and suddenly slipped off; it fell about one foot. There is medical testimony to sustain the finding that the jolt caused a gastric ulcer rupture which produced peritonitis, from which employee died. Award unanimously affirmed, with costs to the State Industrial Board. Present •—- Hill, P. J., Rhodes, McNamee, Crapser and Bliss, JJ.