Legal Opinion
Matter of Brandfon v. Beacon Theatre Corp.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 29, 1949PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFuld, J.
This case, here by our permission, poses for consideration the method of computing the compensation to be awarded an employee who was injured while working in one of two dissimilar occupations and was, as a result, disabled from performing Ms duties in that employment.
In 1944, the claimant worked at two jobs: part time as an electrician for the Beacon Theatre and full time and regularly as a moving picture projectionist for another theatre. While changing lights at the Beacon Theatre, he was hurt. The resulting disability, though it did not interfere with his regular employment or his…
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