Claim of Ackerman v. Dairymen's League Cooperative Ass'n

An employer and its insurance carrier appeal from an award of death benefits. Appellants contend, among other things, that the board erred in applying the presumption that the claim comes within the provisions of the act and in applying, also, the presumption against suicide. (Workmen’s Compensation Law, § 21, subds. 1, 3.)

Decedent, a divisional representative of a milk co-operative association, was required to spend considerable time during and after the usual working hours and at night, in business promotion and in public relations activities in his territory. The employer furnished him an…