Claim of Blackman v. City of New York

Appeal by the employer from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board which made an award to the claimant. Although no issue is created as to proof of accident and causal relationship, the employer controverts the claim on the ground that the claimant is not a covered employee under group 20, subdivision 1 of section 3 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law on the grounds that, as a school teacher, he was not engaged in a hazardous *721occupation and additionally, that the claimant was entitled to a disability retirement from the appellant thus rendering him ineligible to receive benefits under…