Legal Opinion
Travelers Insurance v. Shachner
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 16, 1938PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Charles Bies, an employee of one Prussack, was killed in an accident when the Prussack truck driven by a coemployee was in collision with defendant’s truck at a street intersection. An action by the representative of the estate of Bies against defendant Shachner was settled for an amount greater than the amount of compensation to which the dependents of Bies would have been entitled against his employer Prussack under the Workmen’s Compensation Law. Nevertheless, under the provisions of section 15, subdivisions 8 and 9, of the Workmen’s Compensation Law, the plaintiff as insurance carrier was…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Liberty Mutual Insurance v. George Colon & Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1932
- Phoenix Indemnity Co. v. Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1929
- Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway Co. v. Phoenix Indemnity Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Burd v. BleischerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1924
- Liberty Mutual Insurance v. George Colon & Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1932
3Cited by3 opinions
- Caulfield v. Elmhurst Contracting Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1945
- Employers Mutual Liability Insurance v. Refined Syrups & Sugars, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1945
- Brown v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1942