Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of Rose Weatherwax, Respondent, against The Saratoga Association for the Improvement of the Breed of Horses and Another, Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1933-11
Citations: 240 A.D. 926
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of Rose Weatherwax, Respondent, against The Saratoga Association for the Improvement of the Breed of Horses and Another, Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 240
Pages: 926–926

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of Rose Weatherwax, Respondent, against The Saratoga Association for the Improvement of the Breed of Horses and Another, Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent.

Opinion:
Award affirmed, with costs to the State Industrial Board. Hill, P. J., Rhodes, Bliss and Heffernan, JJ., concur; McNamee, J., dissents, and votes to reverse the award and to remit the claim, on the ground that the evidence in the case, in so far as it bears upon the accident, is wholly hearsay, and because at the time of the occurrence of the accident the decedent was clearly performing an act forbidden by the employer; and on the further ground that the case was heard and determined upon the theory, and such evidence as is in the case indicates, that the horses " ran away " on a public highway, and the accident occurred when the horses began to run away, and all voluntary action on the part of the decedent ceased at that time.