Legal Opinion
Claim of Davis v. Newsweek Magazine
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 15, 1953PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFroessel, J.
Claimant is the widow of one Harry Davis, hereinafter called decedent. They were married on October 2, 1948, and had no children. On May 16, 1949, decedent, while at a vacation resort in Biloxi, Mississippi, came to his death as *23the result of diving in shallow water from the end of a long pier. His claimant widow was awarded compensation below. She remarried on December 31,1949.
The sole issue presented by this appeal is whether or not the accidental death arose out of and in the course of his employment. Decedent was science editor of Newsweek, with offices in New York City. Besides working…
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- Matter of Wilson v. General Motors Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1949
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