# Claim of Brown v. United Services for Air, Inc.

> Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · March 31, 1948 · 273 A.D. 932

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/5385544

## Case

- **Full name:** In the Matter of the Claim of Paul W. Brown, against United Services for Air, Inc., Workmen's Compensation Board
- **Court:** Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
- **Decided:** March 31, 1948
- **Citations:** 273 A.D. 932; 78 N.Y.S.2d 37; 1948 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5322
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Cited by:** 5 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Appeal by an employer and insurance carrier from a decision and award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board made to claimant for an injury which he sustained while playing volley ball, during the employee lunch hour, on employer’s premises. There was evidence to sustain the finding that the recreation in question was afforded with the consent and encouragement of *933 the employer to such an extent as to render it an incident of the employment. {Matter of Bowen v. Saratoga Springs Comm., 267 App. Div. 928 ; Matter of Wilson v. General Motors Corp., 272 App. Div. 845 .) Decision and award affirmed, with costs to the Workmen’s Compensation Board. Hill, P. J., Heffernan, Brewster and Foster, JJ., concur; Deyo, J., dissents.

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