Claim of Rice v. Williams & Co.

All appellants agree in the claims that the Workmen’s Compensation Board’s award of death benefits in this case lacks substantial probative evidence to support it. Beyond that, the appellant, Special Disability Fund, contends that the decision of the board imposing liability on it under subdivision 8 of section 15 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law is contrary to law.

Deceased employee was general maintenance man at a garden apartment development. One of the maintenance details was the removal of carbon accumulating underneath the burners in oil furnaces. This work was performed at times by the…