Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of Alexander L. Bach, Respondent, against Schieffelin & Company and Another, Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1936-03
Citations: 247 A.D. 845
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of Alexander L. Bach, Respondent, against Schieffelin & Company and Another, Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 247
Pages: 845–845

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of Alexander L. Bach, Respondent, against Schieffelin & Company and Another, Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent.

Opinion:
Employer and carrier appeal from an award. The claimant received his injury while walking down the stairway in the apartment house where he dwelt. He was a drug salesman and had started to go out of the apartment house to call upon a prospective customer. (Matter of Tafft v. Stafford, 266 N. Y. 555; Matter of Turner v. Cathedral Publishing Co., Inc., 243 App. Div. 826; affd., 268 N. Y. 656.) Award reversed and claim dismissed, with costs against the State Industrial Board. Hill, P. J., Rhodes, McNamee, Crapser and Bliss, JJ., concur.