Matter of Gallagher v. . the New York Central Rd. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered November 19, 1917, affirming an award of the state industrial commission made under the Workmen’s Compensation Law. Decedent, employed by the railroad as a carpenter, was repairing coal pockets of the railroad about half a mile north of Ravena station.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered November 19, 1917, affirming an award of the state industrial commission made under the Workmen’s Compensation Law. Decedent, employed by the railroad as a carpenter, was repairing coal pockets of the railroad about half a mile north of Ravena station. While thus at work he was swinging a sledge hammer to cut the head of a bolt in a trestle, up which the cars were run to the coal pocket, when he lost his balance, fell about sixteen feet to the ground and fractured his skull, death…
1Opinion of the Court
Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Hiscock, Ch. J., Collin, Cuddeback, Cardozo, Pound, Crane and Andrews, JJ.
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