Claim of Ott v. Gem Electric Manufacturing Co.

These are appeals from decisions of the Workmen’s' Compensation Board, filed July 31, 1972 and August 9,1973, which reversed a Referee’s decision dismissing the claim, and found that decedent’s death arose out of and in the course of his employment.

It is undisputed that, on the morning of March 29, 1971, as decedent was parking his car in the employer’s parking lot he noticed that it was smoking, whereupon he immediately drove it approximately 100 feet to a vacant lot. He apparently got out to make an inspection, and then re-entered the vehicle which burst into flames resulting in his death.

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