Claim of Karl v. Fair Shoe Repair, Inc.

This is an appeal by an employer and its insurance carrier from an awárd in favor of claimant. The claimant was employed as a sign carrier by the employer which operated a shoe repair and tailoring business in a store located in the city of Hew York. Claimant’s duties consisted of walking on the public sidewalk in the vicinity of thé employer’s store with a heavy overhead display sign strapped on his back advertising his employer’s business. It was the custom of claimant, with the consent of his employer, to go for coffee each morning. In doing this he carried the employer’s sign to an…