Claim of Zubradt v. Estate of Shepard
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Estate of George Shepard and another, from an award of the State Industrial Commission made on the 5th day of March, 1917.
1Opinion of the Court
Lyon, J.:
The employer estate was engaged in operating apartment houses in the city of New York for pecuniary gain which was a non-hazardous occupation. The claimant was the janitor. One of his duties as such was to clean the windows. This employment was classified by the amendment of 1916 (Chap. 622, amending § 2, group 22), which went into effect June first of that year, as hazardous. In November, 1916, while engaged in cleaning a window he fell to the street, sustaining serious injuries. At the hearings before the State Industrial Commission objection was made by the insurer to the making…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Claim of Mulford v. A. S. Pettit & Sons, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1917
3Cited by2 opinions
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- Brockett v. MietzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918