Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York July 19, 1972 (Claim of Avery v. City of Middletown)

— Appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board denying the claimant death benefits on the ground that there was no causal relation between decedent’s suicide and the accident he sustained on August 22, 1960. On August 22, 1960 decedent sustained a compensable back injury. On February 16, 1965 he committed suicide by taking an overdose of seconal tablets.