Claim of Gordon v. Temple Beth El of Great Neck

Decedent, the cantor of a synagogue, in preparation for the Yom ICippur services directed a rehearsal of the choir for a period of about two hours, standing as he conducted with his hands, arms and head, while the choir sat upon a platform under strong lights which rendered the atmosphere oppressive in the absence of the usual air conditioning. At one time, decedent corrected one of the singers, as the result of which there was a brief exchange of words which none of the several witnesses described with any helpful degree of particularity, the substance of the testimony being that the singer…