Claim of Brigham v. Allegany County

The. county of Allegany, a self-insurer, is appealing from an award of disability compensation made by the State Industrial Board to Edson A. Brigham for permanent partial loss of use of the left arm and right leg.

i Brigham, the sheriff of the county of Allegany, was injured on February 13, 1939, while driving his own car taking a prisoner to the State Vocational Institution at West Coxsackie, N. Y. The county paid him a salary as sheriff and for the use of his car when on official business. It was a self-insurer. After the accident it paid all of his hospital and doctor’s bills. It also…