Claim of Moran v. Moran Transportation Lines

This is an appeal from an award of the State Industrial Board pursuant to the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Law for death benefits in favor of the widow and minor daughter of the deceased employee. The employer was engaged in the business of freight transportation and the decedent was employed as a checker. On the morning of February 7, 1941, while decedent was engaged in the regular course of his employment and while checking freight in a truck at his employer’s loading platform on the employer’s premises, an unidentified stranger approached and shot decedent, causing injuries…