Legal Opinion
Slattery v. Board of Estimate & Apportionment
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 8, 1936PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrouch, J.
The petitioner’s husband was Deputy Chief Engineer of the Board of Transportation of the City of New York, engaged in the construction and operation of its city-owned subway. He died September 23, 1932, of a heart ailment which, it is claimed, was the natural and proximate result of an accident sustained from manhandling by a crowd on the occasion of the opening of the subway, September 9, 1932.
Petitioner filed a claim with the Board of Estimate and Apportionment for an accidental death benefit under the provisions of the city charter relating to the Employees’ Retirement System, of which the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Souffront v. La Compagnie Des Sucreries De Porto RicoSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Matter of Connelly v. Samaritan HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1932
3Cited by18 opinions
- Croshier v. LevittNew York Court of Appeals · 1959
- Bernstein v. Board of AppealsNew York Supreme Court · 1969
- Matter of Nash v. BrooksNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
- Dempsey v. City of HarrisburgAppellate Court of Illinois · 1971
- Owens v. McGovernNew York Court of Appeals · 1956
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