Legal Opinion
Claim of Blatchley v. Dairymen's League Co-operative Ass'n
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 16, 1929PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHinman, J.
A workman died from a crushed spine, arising out of and in the course of his employment in ice-harvesting. His widow has received an award based upon a daily wage of three dollars and sixty cents. The average weekly wages have been computed under subdivisions 1 and 4 of section 14 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law, by multiplying the daily wage by three hundred and dividing by fifty-two, giving an average weekly wage of twenty dollars and seventy-seven cents. The deceased was a common laborer who was accustomed to doing various jobs of laboring work throughout the year but not in the same…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Claim of Littler v. George A. Fuller Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1918
- Claim of Draper v. W. H. Draper & Sons, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922
- Gruber v. Kramer Amusement Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1924
- Claim of Deverso v. ParsonsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1927
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- Claim of Kadison v. GottliebAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1929
- Claim of Whitmyre v. International Business Machines Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1934