Claim of Juna v. New York State Police

Appeal by the employer and its insurance carrier from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed October 18, 1971. Richard T. Juna, a trooper with the New York State Police, assigned to Troop C, Zone 1, Sidney, New York, was killed in an automobile accident on February 8, 1970 as he was returning, after a two-day leave, to the barracks where he normally resided while on a tour of duty. His home, where he had spent his leave time, was at Mohawk, New York, a little over 60 miles from his duty station and outside the geographic area of Zone 1 of Troop C. On that day decedent was…