Legal Opinion
Claim of Kurash v. Franklin Stores Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 6, 1961PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBergan, P. J.
Claimant’s husband was employed as a dress packer in a buying office. On June 7,1956 he fell on the employer’s premises. There is adequate evidence from which it could be found that as a result of the fall he sustained a fracture of the skull. He died the following day in a hospital. The cause of death was a subarachnoid hemorrhage and fracture of the skull.
Although there is some evidence to suggest that as he fell he struck his arm against a wire fence and sustained an abrasion and one medical witness felt he had struck his head against the fence, the evidence in this respect does not seem…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Claim of McCormack v. National City BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1951
- Matter of Hoffman v. New York Central R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1943
- Claim of Dasaro v. Ford Motor Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1952
- Claim of Sleator v. National City BankAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1955
- Claim of Rice v. R. B. Hamilton Hardware, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1954
3Cited by3 opinions
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