Claim of Strand v. Harris Structural Steel Co.

Appeal by the Special Fund for Reopened Cases under Section 25-a of the Workmen’s Compensation Law from an award for death benefits to a widow, whose husband came to his death on January 17, 1923, from bums suffered by contact with a fire which he had lighted for warmth. The history of this litigation is reflected in the following records of this court: Strand v. Harris Structural Steel Co., Inc. (209 App. Div. 310), wherein an award was reversed; S. C. (234 id. 341), wherein it was determined that the State Industrial Board had jurisdiction to reopen the case; S. C. (260 id. 516), where it…