Claim of Cafiero v. P. Ballantine & Sons

The decedent, Salvatore J. Cafiero, resided with his wife in Irvington, New Jersey, and was employed as a beer truck driver and deliveryman by P. Ballantine & Sons, the self-insured employer. On November 28, 1951, he was scheduled to start the day’s work at 7:00 a.m. A fellow employee picked the decedent up in his car at about 6:15 a.m. and drove directly to the brewery. They were assigned a load of cases of bottled beer for delivery to about 17 different customers of the employer in the borough of The Bronx, New York City. This load constituted a full day’s work. The first delivery was made…