Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of Ruby Pryor, Respondent, v. Presbyterian Home for Aged Women et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1961-04-27
Citations: 9 N.Y.2d 869
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of Ruby Pryor, Respondent, v. Presbyterian Home for Aged Women et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 9
Pages: 869–870

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of Ruby Pryor, Respondent, v. Presbyterian Home for Aged Women et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent.
Argued April 18, 1961;
decided April 27, 1961.
Louis Busell and Charles C. Tierney for appellants.
Louis J. Lefkowits, Attorney-General (Jorge L. Gomes, Paxton Blair and Roy Wiedersum of counsel), for respondent.
No appearance for Workmen’s Compensation Board, respondent.

Opinion:
Order reversed, award of the Workmen's Compensation Board annulled and claim dismissed, with costs against respondent Workmen's Compensation Board in this court and in the Appel late Division, upon the ground that it cannot be reasonably said that this injury arose out of or in the course of employment. No opinion.
Concur: Chief Judge Desmond and Judges Dye, Fuld, Froessel, Van Voorhis, Burke and Foster.