Claim of Paduano v. New York State Workmen's Compensation Board

Appeal by the employer and its insurance carrier from a decision which awarded compensation benefits for disability due to injuries sustained by claimant on October 25, 1966 in a fall from a bathtub in his hotel room. Claimant, a member of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, was one of a panel of board members assigned to conduct hearings in Binghamton. At the morning session, the hearing room was very hot, due to some malfunction of the heating system, one panel member testifying that it was hotter than an 80-degree summer day. The session ended at about noon and claimant accompanied the other…