Van De Carr v. Esso Standard Oil Co.

Appeal by a widow for herself and minor children from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board disallowing a claim for death benefits. The decedent, Roger C. Van De Carr, was employed by the Esso Standard Oil Company as a traveling salesman covering territory extending eastward from the city of Syracuse to Sherrill, H. Y., north to the north shore of Oneida Lake, and all of Oswego County. On the afternoon before the accident he was at the Utica plant of the employer, presumably on legitimate business. Thereafter he went on a ride with another salesman, eventually coming to the town of…