Claim of Ward v. Typhoon Air Conditioning Co.

Appeal by the employer and its carrier from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board awarding death benefits to claimant widow and two minor children on the grounds that there is no substantial evidence to support the board’s finding that death was accidental and arose out of and in the course of employment. On March 25, 1964 decedent, a 43-year-old electrician, was shot and killed by a co-worker on the employment premises. It is evident that for nearly two years preceding March 25 there had been developing a continually increasing animosity between these co-workers who worked only 30…