Claim of Frear v. Ells
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, George EHs and another, from two awards of the State Industrial Board, entered in the office of said Board on the 28th day of April, 1921, and the 15th day of September, 1921, respectively.
1Opinion of the Court
H. T. Kellogg, J.:
The employer maintained a workshop for the sale and repair of bicycles and motor cycles. The employee, for whose death an award was made, worked in the shop making repairs. On the day of the accident which caused his death he was engaged in cleaning a motorcycle. For this purpose he had placed a pan of gasoline on the step of the vehicle. The pan was accidentally upset and the gasoline spilled on the employee’s trousers. A policeman, who had come to the shop to buy oil for his motorcycle, was standing near by. He made the exclamation to the employee that the gasoline would…
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