Legal Opinion
Liberty Mutual Insurance v. George Colon & Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 22, 1932PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLehman, J.
The Workmen’s Compensation Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 67) imposes upon the employer and insurance carrier an obligation to pay compensation to the dependents of the employee, or where “ there are no persons entitled to compensation ” to pay into a special fund the sum of $1,000. (§ 15, subds. 8 and 9.) In this case there were “ no persons entitled to compensation ” because the administratrix of the employee brought suit against the defendant for wrongfully causing the death of the decedent, and the dependents recovered in that action a sum larger than the compensation provided in the statute. The…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway Co. v. Phoenix Indemnity Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1930
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