Claim of Licht v. Village of Hastings-On-Hudson

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed October 31, 1979, which disallowed a claim for compensation *733under the Volunteer Fireman’s Benefit Law. Claimant was a volunteer fireman who injured his right arm and pelvis on August 25, 1978 when he fell from a roof while trying to retrieve a ball. At the time of his accident, claimant was attending an annual swim for all of the companies of the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson Fire Department. The board disallowed claimant’s claim on the basis that the injury did not occur in the line of firemanic duties. The board’s decision…