Claim of Murphy v. Downtown Ass'n

This is an appeal by an employer and its insurance carrier from an award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board in favor of the estate of the deceased claimant and also from an award to the Vocational Rehabilitation Fund pursuant to the provisions of subdivision 9 of section 15 and to the Fund for Reopened Cases pursuant to the provisions of section 25-a of the Workmen’s Compensation Law and also for funeral expenses. The decedent was employed as a dishwasher in the luncheon club operated by his employer. On June 3, 1947, he was found lying on the floor at the foot of a marble stairway leading…