Claim of Vassilakis v. Fairfax Hotel Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Fairfax Hotel Company, Inc., and another, from an award and order of the State Industrial Commission, entered in the New York office of said Commission on the 15th day of December, 1919.
1Opinion of the Court
Cochrane, J.:
James Vassilakis, the deceased employee, left him surviving as is claimed a widow and minor children residing in Ververato in the island of Chios, Greece. The Commission has made an award to the widow and children of “ Joseph ” Vassilakis and has commuted the award to a lump sum of $3,811.92 and directed payment of the same to the widow of “ Joseph ” Vassilakis. The error in the name would be sufficiently serious to require correction but there is another objection which requires a reversal of the award.
It has been repeatedly held that an award must be based on legal evidence.…
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