Claim of Bartling v. General Electric Co.

An award was made because of an injury to Henry Haushalter, which resulted in permanent loss of use of seventy-five per cent of his right hand. The award was made to his widow (See 220 App. Div. 792) for the reason that he died prior to the making of any award from causes other than the injury. (Workmen’s Comp. Law, § 15, subd. 4.) The award was for a period of 183 weeks at sixteen dollars per week. Appellant made the payments to the widow as they became due, but she died before all payments became due. Except the widow, the deceased employee left no dependents. After the death of the widow…