Claim of Hayes v. Harris

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed June 19, 1995, which ruled that decedent’s death arose out of and in the course of his employment and awarded death benefits to decedent’s children.

Ralph J. Hayes (hereinafter decedent) died of carbon monoxide poisoning in 1970 at his employer’s premises. After his death, claimant Mildred Hayes, his widow, filed claims for death benefits on behalf of herself and her two minor children. She withdrew these claims and the case was closed in 1971.

Thereafter, the Workers’ Compensation Board granted Hayes’ application to reopen her…