Claim of Pallas v. New York State Police

Appeal by the employer and its insurance carrier from a decision awarding benefits on account of the death of a sergeant of the New York State Police as the result of injuries sustained when the automobile that he was driving collided with a truck; appellants contending that decedent abandoned his employment upon entering and remaining for about two hours in a restaurant before resuming his. journey on the direct route to his home. A city police report indicates that decedent was driving in a straight line in the curb lane of a four-lane arterial highway, that his.condition was “normal” and…