Claim of Kamper v. Kennelly Bar & Grill

Appeal by the employer and the insurance carrier from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board for death benefits. Decedent, age 43, was employed as a bartender, and while standing behind the bar conversing with two people, suddenly let out a scream, turned to his left and fell toward the floor. Although the two witnesses to whom he had just been talking saw him start to fall, they did not see the rest of his fall because they could not see behind the top of the bar. Appellants contend that there *1084was no accident which arose out of and in the course of employment. The bar area in which…