Claim of Farrington v. United States Railroad Administration

Headnote

Farrington v. U. S. B. B. Administration, 190 App. Div. 920 , reversed.

Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entejci

January 3,1920, affirming an award of the State Industrial Commission made under the Workmen’s Compensation Law. Two laborers, of whom claimant’s decedent was one, were engaged in unloading screenings for their employer from a car standing on the tracks of the Long Island railroad. They finished their work and boarded a motor truck of their employer to return to their homes, The station agent of the Long Island railroad, together with a helper, was then making an effort to close one of the doors of a box car standing near by. The agent called out to the men on the truck, “ Come on, fellows, give me a hand to close this door.” Both men went over to help move the door which in closing caught the hand of Farrington and clipped off the end of his finger, with the result infection set in and he subsequently died of the disease of tetanus.