Claim of Vaccaro v. Sperry Rand Corp.

Appeal by the employer and its insurance carrier from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed July 9, 1980, which held that decedent sustained an accidental injury within the scope of the Workers’ Compensation Law. Decedent, a 54-year-old research department head, died after jogging, during his lunch hour, on his employer’s premises. The record discloses that jogging during the lunch hour on the employer’s property was a permitted activity and that the employer furnished the employees with an athletic facility, known as the Sperry Rand Athletic Club, consisting of a gym, locker…