Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of Mrs. Alice E. Drum, Respondent, against Mrs. H. C. Stebbins and Another, Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1937-05-05
Citations: 251 A.D. 759
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of Mrs. Alice E. Drum, Respondent, against Mrs. H. C. Stebbins and Another, Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 251
Pages: 759–759

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of Mrs. Alice E. Drum, Respondent, against Mrs. H. C. Stebbins and Another, Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent.

Opinion:
Decedent was engaged in operating a power-driven lawn-mower. The mechanism would drive it forward but not in reverse. The machine, weighing approximately 300 pounds, became mired in a swampy part of the lawn. In withdrawing the machine from the mire decedent ruptured internal blood vessels; an operation followed. He died from the effects of the rupture and the operation. Award unanimously affirmed, with costs to the State Industrial Board. Present — Hill, P. J., Rhodes, McNamee, Crapser and Heffernan, JJ.