Legal Opinion
Claim of Lesnik v. National Carloading Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 11, 1955PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBergan, J.
Claimant in this Workmen’s Compensation case is a business executive; to be exact, a vice-president in charge of revenues of the corporate appellant employer. He suffered a heart attack while attending a horse race in California. This incident is the basis of his claim for compensation which the board has allowed.
It could be found readily enough that claimant was at the race track in the course of employment. It was the employer’s usual custom that an officer in the territory would make himself available in entertaining a customer. Claimant was traveling in the employer’s business in…
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- Matter of Lerner v. Rump Bros.New York Court of Appeals · 1925
- Claim of Deyo v. Village of Piermont, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1953
- Claim of Furtardo v. American Export Airlines, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1948
- Claim of Kehoe v. London Guarantee & Accident InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1951
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