Claim of Lansing v. Hayes
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the claimant, Martha Lansing, from a decision of the State Industrial Commission, entered in the office of the said Commission on the 9th day of August, 1919, denying an award to the claimant on the ground that the accident did not arise out of and in the course of employment.
1Opinion of the Court
KlLEY, J.:
LaRenzo Laming was the chauffeur of William E. Hayes, a physician and surgeon, residing at Frankfort, N. Y. He drove his employer to Utica the night of November 16, 1918, arriving at Utica about nine-thirty p. m., and was told to come back for the doctor at twelve o’clock. In the meantime the car was left in the care and control of the chauffeur. He took some friends for a ride to Frankfort, stopped once on the way and had some drinks, then went to a hotel at Frankfort and all had drinks, and started back for Utica. On the way and at about eleven-twenty-five p. m. met a car, the…
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