Claim of Rice v. R. B. Hamilton Hardware, Inc.

Appeal by an employer, its insurance carrier and the Special Disability Fund from a decision and award allowing death benefits to the widow and minor children of a deceased employee. Decedent was employed as a clerk in a hardware store. He was found behind a counter in the store in a semiconscious condition on the floor with severe head injuries from which he subsequently died. Appellants do not dispute decedent’s fall or the fact that his death resulted from traumatic injuries resulting therefrom. They contend however that the fall was caused by a fainting fit or some internal seizure which…