Legal Opinion
Edith Blanc v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 28, 1957No. 24123_1PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Per curiam
The appellant claimed benefits for herself and for her minor children under the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, 5 U.S.C.A. § 751 et seq., based on her contention that the death of her husband, who was a railway mail clerk in the Postal Transportation Service of the United States Post Office Department, was proximately caused by the performance of his duties while in the employ of the government. On December 17, 1950, while in Syracuse, N. Y., on what is called travel status he became ill and died two days later from what was diagnosed as acute anterior poliomyelitis.
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