Legal Opinion

Claim of Beagle v. Groff

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 16, 1921PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal by the defendants, George Groff and another, from an award of the State Industrial Commission, dated the 3d day of March, 1921, rescinding an award of said Commission entered in the office of said Commission on the 13th day of November, 1920, and restoring an award of said Commission entered in the office of said Commission on the 17th day of June, 1920.

1Opinion of the Court

H. T. Kellogg, J.:

The claimant is a minor who filed his claim three years after the accident. It is provided in section 28 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law as follows: “The right to claim compensation under this chapter shall be forever barred unless within one year after the accident, or if death results therefrom, within one year after such death, a claim for compensation thereunder shall be filed with the Commission.” There is no provision of the Compensation Law excepting the claim of an infant from the effect of this limitation other than that which is contained in section 116 of the…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. Porter v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1932
  2. Young v. HoageDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1937
  3. Chase v. Ulster & Delaware RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1926
  4. Giamelli v. RahtzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1924
  5. Pilot Oil Corp. v. SellersTennessee Supreme Court · 1972

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