176 A.D. 916 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1916
On August 6, 1915, Harry Banks, the deceased, was employed as a helper upon one of the delivery wagons of the Adams Express Company. While engaged in his work about half-past four o’clock in the afternoon he fell from the wagon, striking the side of his head upon a car track, receiving a cut which bled for about half an hour. He was dazed and unable to work the balance of the day, although he rode about on the wagon until he went to the stable about six P. M. The next day he worked from seven A. M. to five P. M., and was not thereafter able to work and remained at his home. On August twelfth a physician was called. On August sixteenth he was taken to the hospital, where he died" August 18,1915. The Commission found that at the time of the accident he was suffering from typhoid fever in the incubation stage, which became aggravated by the severe injury to his head through the consequent lowering of his resisting power, and that such disease thus aggravated caused his death. The claimant, who is the father of the deceased, filed a claim for compensation as a dependent. An award to the father'| was denied, but was made in favor of the three half-brothers and a half- , sister of deceased as dependents. From this award the employer appeals. ¡ Unquestionably, the injuries sustained by the deceased were accidental and arose out of and in the course of his employment, and the sole question presented by this appeal is: Was the death of Harry Banks the result of the accident which he sustained 1 The Workmen’s Compensation Law defines the terms “injury” and “death” as follows: “ ‘Injury’ and ‘ personal injury’ mean only accidental injuries arising out of and in
See Consol. Laws, chap. 67 (Laws of 1914, chap. 41), §.3, subds. 7, 8. — [Rep.