Claim of McCann v. Walsh Construction Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtHalpern, J.
This appeal brings up for consideration the question of the construction and constitutionality of the amendments to the Workmen’s Compensation Law with respect to “ compressed air illness ” adopted in 1946 and 1947 (L. 1946, ch. 642; L. 1947, ch. 624).
The claimant-respondent had been employed from 1911 to 1938 by various construction companies upon jobs requiring him to work in compressed air. His last exposure to compressed air was in the period from July 1, 1938, to December 25, 1938, when he was employed by the employer appellant, Walsh Construction Co., during the construction of the…
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