Claim of Rothstein v. Fuller Brush Co.

Appeal by the employer and its carrier from a decision and award of death benefits by the Workmen’s Compensation Board on the ground that there is no substantial evidence to support the board’s finding that the decedent sustained an accident within the meaning of the Workmen’s Compensation Law. On July 21, 1962, decedent, a door-to-door solicitor for the appellant employer, collapsed and died after climbing four flights of stairs while carrying an 11 pound fiber board case to. deliver certain merchandise previously ordered by a customer. The board has found that this activity constituted an “…