Claim of Greisman v. New York State Department of Transportation

— Per Curiam.

Appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed August 8, 1969, which granted claimant disability benefits for an injury to his left eye on the ground that it arose out of and in the course of his employment. Claimant, a junior engineer, returned from surveying duties at highway construction sites to the field office. After putting away his instruments, he approached a water fountain and joined several coemployees in a conversation regarding the origin of ethnic groups. He made a statement which offended a coemployee who retaliated with a highly inflammatory…