Claim of Torres v. Laurel Hill Nursery

— Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed November 10,1982. On March 13,1976, Edwin Rodriguez, a migrant worker, was employed as a farm worker by Laurel Hill Nursery in Mt. Sinai, New York, when he was stabbed to death on the employer’s premises following an altercation relating to the care of the living quarters which were provided decedent by his employer. Based on these undisputed facts, the Workers’ Compensation Board found that decedent’s death was the result of an industrial accident which arose out of and in the course of his employment. The board further…