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Matter of Drum v. Stebbins

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
May 5, 1937
251 App. Div. 759 (N.Y. App. Div. 1937)

Opinion

May 5, 1937.

Present — Hill, P.J., Rhodes, McNamee, Crapser and Heffernan, JJ.


Decedent was engaged in operating a power-driven lawn-mower. The mechanism would drive it forward but not in reverse. The machine, weighing approximately 300 pounds, became mired in a swampy part of the lawn. In withdrawing the machine from the mire decedent ruptured internal blood vessels; an operation followed. He died from the effects of the rupture and the operation. Award unanimously affirmed, with costs to the State Industrial Board.


Summaries of

Matter of Drum v. Stebbins

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
May 5, 1937
251 App. Div. 759 (N.Y. App. Div. 1937)
Case details for

Matter of Drum v. Stebbins

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the Claim of Mrs. ALICE E. DRUM, Respondent, against Mrs…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department

Date published: May 5, 1937

Citations

251 App. Div. 759 (N.Y. App. Div. 1937)