Claim of Fonze v. Stuyvesant Oil Burner Corp.

Appeal by an employer and its insurance carrier from a decision and award of death benefits. Decedent was employed as a trouble shooter and service man in the repair of oil burners in the five boroughs of New York City. Instead of personally reporting at his employer’s office at the beginning and end of the working day, he was customarily advised of his work assignments for the ensuing day by telephone calls made from or received at his home in Plainview, Long Island. He sometimes worked at night until 8 or 9 o’clock or later. The employer furnished decedent with a truck, in which were…