Claim of Fragale v. Armory Maintenance

Reynolds, J. (dissenting).

The background of this case is bizarre. At the hearings the claimant’s attorney attempted to prove that there was here involved a work-connected argument which led to a melee resulting in decedent’s injuries and death. In his closing statement before the Referee he said: “ Therefore, it becomes one of a question, did what took place in that shack have any connection with the business. If it was purely a personal thing, arising not out of the course of the employment, death without question would be related to the accident, but accident would not be related to the…