Matter of Westbay v. . Curtis Sanger
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered July 7, 1921, which reversed an award of the state industrial commission made under the Workmen’s Compensation Law and dismissed the claim. An employee of a firm of stockbrokers, who had been sent on an errand for the firm, while returning was killed by an explosion in the street.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered July 7, 1921, which reversed an award of the state industrial commission made under the Workmen’s Compensation Law and dismissed the claim. An employee of a firm of stockbrokers, who had been sent on an errand for the firm, while returning was killed by an explosion in the street. An award of compensation for his death was reversed by the Appellate Division on the ground that the employer’s business was not within the coverage of the Workmen’s Compensation Law, in that there were not…
1Opinion of the Court
Order affirmed, with costs against state industrial commission; no opinion.
Concur: His cock, Ch. J., Hogan, Cardozo, Pound, McLaughlin, Crane and Andrews, JJ.
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