Legal Opinion
Matter of Giliotti v. Hoffman Catering Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 28, 1927PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPound, J.
Michele Giliotti was employed as chef by the Hoffman Catering Co., Inc., which operated Hoffman’s Inn at Valley Stream, N. Y., at a weekly wage of $50 together with room and board. He was engaged, not as workmen often are, from day to day but for a definite term. His status was practically that of a domestic servant in whose case it is an implied part of the contract of the employment that the employee shall sleep on the premises. He slept in a special section of the hotel provided for the help in a room that was solely his. In the early morning of Monday, October 26, 1925, a fire occurred in…
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