Claim of Beaudette v. Heath

Appeal by an alleged employer from an award of compensation made to claimant for an injury to his right hand.

Claimant was employed in connection with the handling and transportation of logs that had been piled at drops on the side of a highway known as Wawbeek Boad, near Tupper Lake, New York. In that employment he received an injury to his right hand. The appellant Heath was the owner of the logs. There is substantial evidence in the record to support the conclusion that he contracted with one Deschene for the removal of the logs from the drops to a landing at a place known as Beaudette’s…