Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of Della Curley, Respondent, against Greater New York Carpet House, Inc., and the Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation, Ltd., Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1938-05-04
Citations: 254 A.D. 792
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of Della Curley, Respondent, against Greater New York Carpet House, Inc., and the Employers’ Liability Assurance Corporation, Ltd., Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 254
Pages: 792–792

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of Della Curley, Respondent, against Greater New York Carpet House, Inc., and the Employers’ Liability Assurance Corporation, Ltd., Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent.

Opinion:
Appeal from an award of death benefits to a widow and dependent child. Decedent's death was occasioned by the rupture of a peptic ulcer, the duodenum and certain intestines, causing a generalized peritonitis. The medical evidence sustains the finding of causal relation between the several ruptures and death and the operation of a " Meker," a device used in laying carpets. Deceased was required, in the operation, to press his abdomen against the handle and to kick it with his knee. The evidence as to the happening of the accident is largely hearsay and circumstantial, but it is sufficiently corroborated by two " employer's first reports of injury." Award unanimously affirmed, with costs to the State Industrial Board. Present- — -Hill, P. J., Rhodes, Crapser, Bliss and Heffernan, JJ.