Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of Hattie Smith LaForty, Alleged Widow of William LaForty, Deceased, Respondent, v. Spellman-Oliver Company, Appellant, and State Insurance Fund. State Industrial Board, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1935-01
Citations: 243 A.D. 663
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of Hattie Smith LaForty, Alleged Widow of William LaForty, Deceased, Respondent, v. Spellman-Oliver Company, Appellant, and State Insurance Fund. State Industrial Board, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 243
Pages: 663–663

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of Hattie Smith LaForty, Alleged Widow of William LaForty, Deceased, Respondent, v. Spellman-Oliver Company, Appellant, and State Insurance Fund. State Industrial Board, Respondent.

Opinion:
— Decedent employee was night watchman guarding a road under construction. He had a pre-existing heart condition. In directing traffic he ran for a considerable distance and immediately thereafter collapsed and died from cerebral hemorrhage. Appellant claims that this does not constitute an accident. Appellant also raised question that the claimant here was not the widow. Award unanimously affirmed, with costs to the State Industrial Board. Present — Bill, P. J., Rhodes, McNamee, Bliss and Heffernan, JJ.