Claim of Miller v. Stoddard Restaurant, Inc.

Appeals by an employer and its insurance carrier from decisions and awards made by the Workmen’s Compensation Board in favor of claimant. Claimant was injured in a compensable accident on August 30, *7231945, wherein he suffered extensive burns. A few weeks after he returned to work in March, 1946, he became mentally ill, was hospitalized therefor and on July 15, 1946, he was certified to Central Islip State Hospital for care and treatment, his illness having been diagnosed as dementia praecox, paranoid. Upon the referee’s hearing upon the claim the question whether claimant’s mental illness…