205 A.D. 754 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1923
The claimant was employed as a teamster by the appellant, employer. While driving a horse-drawn vehicle upon which wood was loaded which it was his duty to deliver to his employer’s customers, claimant stopped at a grocery store to purchase some chewing tobacco for his own personal use. The claimant had not left the wagon but had called to the clerk for the tobacco. While reaching for it as it was being handed to him, in doing which he had one foot oh the wheel, the horses started, throwing him to the ground and causing the injuries for which an award has been made.
The principle of that case has been recognized and applied by this court in quite similar cases (Sztorc v. Stansbury, Inc., 189
The award should be affirmed, with costs in favor of the State Industrial Board.
Present — H. T. Kellogg, Acting P. J., Van Kirk, Hinman and Hasbrouck, JJ.
Award unanimously affirmed, with costs in favor of the State Industrial Board.