Marks v. Cooper

The defendant, Louis Cooper, appeals a finding of the workmen’s compensation appeal board affirming the hearing referee’s decision holding him individually liable for injuries received by the plaintiff, Elvin Marks.

On September 29, 1961, Dora Gold, as administratrix of the estate of Morris Gold, deceased, doing-business as American Coal Company, entered into a lease agreement with the defendant Louis Cooper, leasing the company’s premises and equipment to Cooper. On the same date an agreement was executed between the same parties for the sale of the scrap material on the premises and for the…