Claim of Leroy v. Estate of Tompkins

Appeal by employer and carrier from a board decision holding the carrier wholly liable for the claimant’s disability and medical care. The initial accident occurred while the claimant was in the appellant’s employ. The appellants contend that the decision should be reversed and the claim remitted on the ground that the disability was due in part to the claimant’s work as a stonecutter after the accident and while self-employed. On October 16, 1956, the claimant, while employed as a stonecutter in the employer’s quarry, was injured when, as he was lifting a large stone weighing between three…