Claim of Blaine v. Big Four Industries, Inc.

Appeal by the alleged employer and its carrier from a decision and award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board. The alleged employer, uninsured in New York for workmen’s compensation liability, is engaged in the manufacture and sale of automotive products with its principal place of business located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The record reveals that Thomas and Irving Adams who were “ district managers ” for the employer in the New York-Pennsylvania area and who had authority from the employer to employ and supervise salesmen or representatives in the area engaged claimant on August 30, 1958 to sell…