Claim of Molloy v. Roosevelt Raceway

Appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed April 3, 1974, which found that the decedent’s death was not causally related to his employment. The decedent was a pari-mutuel ticket seller and while standing at his ticket window to service customers, he fell to the floor suffering injuries to his head which were apparently the immediate cause of his death. The record contains ample evidence that the fall was the result of a fainting spell and had no causal connection with his employment. The appellant does not contend that the idiopathic cause of the fall is not…