Legal Opinion

Matter of Sloate v. . Rochester Taxicab Company

New York Court of Appeals

Decided May 8, 1917PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered March 16, 1917, which affirmed an award of the state industrial commission under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. The husband and father of claimants was employed as a taxicab driver and was killed in the course of his employment. Besides his regular pay he also averaged in tips eighty-five cents a day, or five dollars and ten cents a week.

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Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered March 16, 1917, which affirmed an award of the state industrial commission under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. The husband and father of claimants was employed as a taxicab driver and was killed in the course of his employment. Besides his regular pay he also averaged in tips eighty-five cents a day, or five dollars and ten cents a week. The tips were paid to him by persons using the taxicab service. The receiving of these tips was known to his employer and was…

1Opinion of the Court

Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.

Concur: Hiscock, Oh. J., Chase, Cardozo, Pound, McLaughlin and Andrews, JJ. Not voting: Hogan, J.

2Cited by18 opinions

  1. Williams v. Jacksonville Terminal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. People v. VetriNew York Court of Appeals · 1955
  3. Powers's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
  4. Petrafeck v. Industrial CommissionSupreme Court of Colorado · 1976
  5. Weinberg v. D-M Restaurant Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1981

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