Connors v. Semet-Solvay Co.

The demurrer to the complaint must be sustained, with costs.

The question clearly raised in this case is whether, notwithstanding the Workmen’s Compensation Law and the compliance with all the provisions therein contained on the part of the employer, the employee engaged in one of the hazardous employments specified, claiming to be injured by his employer’s negligence, may recover by action compensation for personal disfigurement and for pain and suffering.

After the decision in Ives v. South Buffalo R. Co., 201 N. Y. 271, the Constitution was amended by the insertion therein of a provision…