Claim of Lovett v. Buck

Appeal by employer and insurance carrier from an award and decision of the State Industrial Board awarding compensation to claimant for disability under the Workmen’s Compensation Law. Claimant was employed as night man in a garage conducted by employer appellant. As such night man he was obliged to work twelve consecutive hours from seven p. m. to seven a. m. without relief, and he was invariably alone during that period. It was his custom to leave the garage and go to a nearby restaurant for coffee, which privilege was permitted by his employer. On the night of April 27, 1939, while on his…