Claim of Commissioner v. Bronx Hospital

The employer and its insurance carrier have appealed from an award of death benefits to various special funds in the sum of $2,000’pursuant to the provisions of subdivision 9 of section 15 and section 25-a of the Workmen’s Compensation Law by virtue of the fact that decedent was not survived by any person entitled to compensation. A further award in the sum of $200 for funeral expenses was made to the executor of decedent’s estate from which appellants have also appealed.

The sole issue raised on this appeal is whether decedent’s death resulted from an accident which arose out of and in the…