Weingarten v. Cohen

While section 29 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law, requiring that any action by an injured workman against a negligent third person be brought within six months after the awarding of compensation, makes no reference to the notice of award required to be sent to the claimant under section 20 of the law, we think that a liberal construction of the statute for the benefit of an injured workman warrants our holding that the six months’ period of limitation on suit dates from the giving of notice of the award and that the plaintiff is entitled to the benefit of section 164 of the Civil Practice…