Claim of Healey v. Carroll

Appeal from a decision and award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board. On April 19, 1949, Sarah Dawson, employed as a cleaner in a New York public school fell and injured her right arm. She died May 24, 1950, from causes having no connection with this accident. No compensable disability for loss of time after the accident was found by the board, but after her death a posthumous schedule award was made on the basis of a 55% loss of her right arm. The portion of the award accrued at the time of death, in the sum of $1,288.28 and an additional sum of $400 funeral expenses was made payable to her…