Claim of Adams v. New York, Ontario & Western Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, New York, Ontario and Western Eailway Company, from an award of the State Industrial Commission, entered in the office of said Commission on the 26th day of June, 1916, directing the employer to pay into the State insurance fund, under section 27 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law, the present value of future installments of compensation theretofore awarded.
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Appeal by the defendant, New York, Ontario and Western Eailway Company, from an award of the State Industrial Commission, entered in the office of said Commission on the 26th day of June, 1916, directing the employer to pay into the State insurance fund, under section 27 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law, the present value of future installments of compensation theretofore awarded. On July 27, 1914, an award was made under the Workmen’s Compensation Law in favor of the widow and two infant children of a deceased employee of the appellant. Such award directed payment in installments by the…
1Opinion of the Court
Cochrane, J.:
The theory of the Workmen’s Compensation Law is periodical payments of compensation or death benefits. Such payments may extend throughout the life of the injured person or for a shorter period depending on the nature of the injury.. (See Consol. Laws, chap. 67 [Laws of 1914, chap. 41], § 15, as amd. by Laws of 1915, chap. 615, and Laws of 1916, chap. 622.) They may also in case the injury causes death extend throughout the life of a surviving wife or dependent husband as the case may be, provided the wife does not again remarry or the dependent husband does not become…
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