Claim of Wiktorowicz v. Kimberly-Clark Corp.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed April 14,1983, which ruled that claimant’s decedent sustained an accidental injury in the course of his employment and awarded benefits. The decedent was hired on September 10,1979 as a salesperson for the employer. On October 1, 1979, decedent was scheduled to give a sales presentation in Norwich, New York, with his area sales manager, Frank Radack. That morning, decedent met Radack in Syracuse and the two proceeded by automobile to Norwich, with Radack driving and decedent in the passenger seat. While proceeding to Norwich via…