Kelly v. National Packing Box Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, National Packing Box Company and another, from an award of the State Industrial Board, made on the 30th day of June, 1922.
1Opinion of the Court
Hinman, J.:
The State Industrial Board has found that on January 28, 1922, while claimant was employed as a fireman in a packing box factory and “ while endeavoring to get up steam fast thereat, he opened one of the valves in the back of.the boiler, whereupon the water and steam came out therefrom, and Timothy Kelly, in endeavoring to shut off the said valve, sustained injuries in the nature of burns on his face, hands and legs.” Appeal is taken from an award to claimant on the ground that claimant had been ordered not to touch that valve and that, since his injury arose out of disobedience of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Claim of Macechko v. Bowen Manufacturing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
- Matter of Yodakis v. . Alexander Smith Sons Carpet Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1921
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- Anderson v. Russell Miller Milling Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1936