Legal Opinion
Claim of Gelbin v. Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 22, 1941Published
1Opinion of the CourtSchenck, J.
Claimant’s husband was killed on August 7, 1929, while in the employment of Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures. In September, 1929, the claimant filed a claim for compensation together with a notice of election to sue a third party. Hearings on the compensation claim before the State Industrial Board were adjourned while plaintiff presented her third-party action against the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company.
A judgment of $117,065.23 was finally entered in claimant’s favor against the railroad company, which prior to that time, however, had filed a petition for reorganization under…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Standard Oil Co. of Ky. v. HawkinsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1896
- Claims of McMahon v. GretzulaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1933
- Matter of McMahon v. Gretzula, Standard Accident Ins.New York Court of Appeals · 1935