Claim of Rivard v. New York State Police State Campus

This is an appeal by the employer and its insurance carrier from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed October 3, 1973, which awarded compensation benefits to the claimant.

The claimant was employed by the New York State Police as a senior investigator in the Division of Criminal Investigation immediately prior to and in August of 1968. For approximately three months prior to August of 1968, he had been placed on special assignment in Albany. He testified generally to the effect that his particular assignment required the meeting of various deadlines in regard to the renewal of…