Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of Anna Callahan, Appellant, against Railway Express Agency, Inc., Respondent. State Industrial Board, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1935-03
Citations: 243 A.D. 843
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of Anna Callahan, Appellant, against Railway Express Agency, Inc., Respondent. State Industrial Board, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 243
Pages: 843–843

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of Anna Callahan, Appellant, against Railway Express Agency, Inc., Respondent. State Industrial Board, Respondent.

Opinion:
Deceased was working as a driver of an express truck. At the end of the day he placed truck in garage where it was customarily kept. On the way home from the garage, in the midst of a storm, he stopped under a tree in a park to seek shelter, and was killed by stroke of lightning. The State Industrial Board determined that the injury did not arise out of and in the course of the employment. Decision unanimously affirmed. Present — Hill, P. J., Rhodes, McNamee, Crapser and Heffernan, JJ.