Claim of Whittaker v. O'Connell Construction Co.

Award of death benefits. The deceased employee was engaged in driving a large tractor. It ran upon a stone and suddenly slipped off; it fell about one foot. There is medical testimony to sustain the finding that the jolt caused a gastric ulcer rupture which produced peritonitis, from which employee died. Award unanimously affirmed, with costs to the State Industrial Board. Present •—- Hill, P. J., Rhodes, McNamee, Crapser and Bliss, JJ.