Claim of Jablonski v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.

Appeal by the employer and its carrier from a decision and award of death benefits on the grounds that decedent’s death in a one-ear accident while en route to a bowling match did not arise in and out of the course of employment. Decedent, whose duties were to contact General Motors dealers to induce them to make greater use of his employer’s facilities, was a member of a six-team bowling league composed primarily, but not exclusively, of employees of GMAC and various General Motors dealers. On the night of February 8, 1962, while en route to participate in a league game, decedent lost…