Weir v. New Amsterdam Casualty Co.

Delaney, C. P. J.

On March 22d, 1939, in the Workmen’s Compensation Bureau, the petitioner, Joseph Weir, filed his original petition for compensation, alleging that on the preceding January 28th he sustained both temporary and permanent injuries in an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment. In that petition he named Clinton Hill Painters and Decorators as his employer and the present defendant, New Amsterdam Casualty Company, as his employer’s insurance carrier. On or about April 4th, 1939, the New Amsterdam Casualty Company caused an answer to the petition to be filed; in…