Claim of Souers v. Town of Blenheim, Highway Department

This is an appeal by the employer and its insurance carrier from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board which held that the provisions of subdivision 8 of section 15 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law were inapplicable to the case at bar and that the Special Disability Fund was discharged from liability. *1031The sole contention of appellants on this appeal is that the provisions of subdivision 8 of section 15 are applicable. On February 12, 1946, the claimant, while working at his regular occupation as a road maintainer for his employer, slipped and fell into a depression as a result of…