Claim of Folts v. Robertson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, William S. Robertson and another, from an award of the State Industrial Commission, made and entered in the office of said Commission on the 12th day of December, 1918.
1Opinion of the Court
Lyon, J.:
Daniel N. Folts suffered injury March 7, 1917, and died April 18, 1917. He was employed as the driver of a lumber sleigh. His claim, made April thirteenth, stated his injuries as follows: “ How did accident happen? I was lifting rear end of sleigh I was drawing lumber on. Runners stuck and suddenly gave way, throwing me off my balance and causing me to fall to my knees with weight of sleigh on me. State fully nature of injury? My left side was hurt above the hip so that I could not lift left arm or use left shoulder, and I could not breathe freely or without severe pain in that…
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