Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of Joseph M. Walkowiak, Respondent, against The Pullman Company, Appellant. State Industrial Board, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1937-01-21
Citations: 249 A.D. 912
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of Joseph M. Walkowiak, Respondent, against The Pullman Company, Appellant. State Industrial Board, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 249
Pages: 912–912

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of Joseph M. Walkowiak, Respondent, against The Pullman Company, Appellant. State Industrial Board, Respondent.

Opinion:
While claimant was engaged in repairing a Pullman railway car he slipped and fell; the fall occasioned a snap and pain in the back, arising from a displacement of both sacroiliac joints and spondylitis. The lay and medical testimony sustains the award for permanent total disability. Award unammously affirmed, with costs to the State Industrial Board. Present — Hill, P. J., Rhodes, McNamee, Bliss and Heffernan, JJ.