Legal Opinion
Claim of Zirpola v. T. & E. Casselman, Inc.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 19, 1924PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCardozo, J.
John Zirpola, while worldng for his employer, T. & E. Casselman, met his death by falling into an elevator shaft in a building owned by the corporation known as the Estate of Eugene Hoffman. His father and mother, who were his sole next of ldn, filed a notice of election under section 29 of the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Cons. Laws, ch. 67.) ' By that section “ if an employee entitled to compensation * * * be injured or killed by the negligence or wrong of another not in the same employ, such injured employee, or in case of death, his dependents, shall, before any suit or any award under…
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