Matter of Stachowiak v. O'Rourke Baking Co.

By amendment of section 27 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 67) (Laws of 1935, ch. 255), the Legislature in clear language has introduced a distinction in the computation of awards payable “ by an insurance carrier which is a stock corporation or mutual association ” and awards payable by others. The Legislature has not attempted to apply an “ appropriate table of averages to the ascertainment of probable dependency ” (Matter of Wagner v. Wilson & Co., 251 N. Y. 67, 72), nor has it declared that “ possible change in or termination of dependency ” must be disregarded except…