Pucilowski v. Packard Motor Car Co.

The department of labor and industry found that Peter Pucilowski, an employee of defendant, met with a fall, arising out of and in the course of his employment, resulting in a fractured skull and consequent death, and awarded compensation to his dependents, reversing a contrary holding by a deputy commissioner. Defendant denied liability and claimed that the fall was by reason of an epileptic seizure.

It was the lunch hour of the employee and he was walking on the premises of defendant on the way to get his lunch, which was brought by his wife and handed by her to another employee to take to…