Claim of Swanson v. Williams & Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtBergan, J.
In 1946 the claimant’s husband fell down an open elevator shaft in the course of his employment and suffered injuries of great magnitude. Over two years later a fracture of the hip had not fully healed and the employee, unable to. place any weight on his left leg in walking, was required to use crutches.
While using them on September 22, 1948, he fell on the stairway in his own house and sustained a fracture of the skull and injuries to the brain from which he died the same day. On autopsy the brain tissue was referred for analysis as a matter of routine and was found to have a “ 3-plus ”…
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