Claim of McDonagh v. Troyman Chartering Inc.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed October 24, 1974 and amended on April 24, 1975, which reversed a referee’s decision disallowing the claim and found that the claimant sustained an industrial accident arising out of and in the course of his employment.

The claimant was employed as a ship broker by the employer engaged in the business of ship and cargo chartering with offices in New York City. The claimant’s duties generally required him to conduct negotiations with representatives of the owners of transportation facilities and representatives of cargo…