Legal Opinion
Claim of Semon v. George H. Flinn Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 19, 1957PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal from a decision and award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board. The question in this ease is the proper rate of compensation for a disease due to compressed air. At the time of the last injurious exposure on June 22, 1947 the maximum rate of compensation that would have been allowed in the case was $28 a week. Disablement due to caisson disease arising from this and earlier exposure to compressed air was found to have resulted on May 15, 1952. At that time the maximum rate of compensation was $32 a week and this is the rate allowed by the board. It is argued by appellants that the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Claim of McCann v. Walsh Construction Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1953
- Claim of McCann v. Walsh Construction Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1954
- Claim of Smith v. City of RochesterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1954
3Cited by1 opinion
- Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. StarnesTennessee Supreme Court · 1978