Legal Opinion
Claim of Knapp v. Syracuse University
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 10, 1955PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Desmond- J.
In this, as in Matter of Russomanno v. Leon Decorating Co. (306 N. Y. 521), we should take the Disability Benefits Law (Workmen’s Compensation Law, art. 9) as we find it, and leave for legislative attention any seeming inequities, or unevenness of coverage.
Claimant, when he fell ill, was employed as a painter in an office building in downtown Syracuse, N. Y., owned but not occupied by Syracuse University, being leased by the university to various tenants. Disability benefits are, under the statute, *276available to ‘ ‘ Employees in employment of a covered employer ’ ’ (Workmen’s…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Matter of Trustees of Columbia University v. HerzogNew York Court of Appeals · 1945
- Claim of Russomanno v. Leon Decorating Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1954
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- Claim of Sussman v. N. Goldstein Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1959
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