Legal Opinion
Claim of Chila v. New York Central Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 2, 1937PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRhodes, J.
An award was denied by the Board, which found that “ at the time that the said Diego Chila sustained the injuries which resulted in his death, he was violating his employer’s rule against using the railroad tracks for passageway.”
Deceased was employed as a porter. His duties were to clean Tower A located in the upper level tunnel on Park avenue between Forty-ninth and Fiftieth streets in the city of New York; also to clean the enginemen’s rest room located in the same building, said tower being on the east side of Park avenue. He was also required to clean Tower IT, located on the west side…
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