Legal Opinion
Matter of Industrial Comr. (Siguin) v. McCarthy
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 23, 1946PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFuld, J.
For seven months prior to December 24,1942, John Siguin, seventeen years old, had been employed as a waiter in appellant-employer’s restaurant in Massena, New York. On that day, he was accidentally killed while working in the restaurant.
The primary question posed is whether Siguin’s injury and consequent death arose ‘ ‘ out of and in the course of the employment ” within the meaning of the Workmen’s Compensation Law. The Industrial Board — now the Workmen’s Compensation Board — held that it did, and the Appellate Division unanimously affirmed.
During the time of Siguin’s employment, it had…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Matter of Leonbruno v. . Champlain Silk MillsNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
- Matter of Heitz v. . RuppertNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Claim of Verschleiser v. Joseph Stern & SonNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
- Claim of Sackolwitz v. Charles Hamburg & Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1946
- Claim of Redner v. H. C. Faber & SonNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Crilly v. BallouMichigan Supreme Court · 1958
- Matter of Wilson v. General Motors Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1949
- Matter of Ognibene v. Rochester Manufacturing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1948
- Claim of Burns v. Merritt Engineering Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1951
- Boardman's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
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