Legal Opinion
Claim of Albrecht v. Orange County Community College
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 9, 1978PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed November 8, 1974, which disallowed the claim. Walter Albrecht, a professor at Orange County Community College, was granted a sabbatical to study in Africa. He was examined by his family physician in February of 1969 and found healthy. Although the exact date is not clear, he apparently left the United States in the middle of February and arrived in Ghana about the beginning of March. On March 12, 1969 he was admitted to a hospital in Acra, Ghana, where he died four days later of acute poliomyelitis. His widow asserts this claim…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Claim of Masse v. James H. Robinson Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1950
- Matter of Connelly v. Hunt Furniture Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1925
- Matter of Lerner v. Rump Bros.New York Court of Appeals · 1925
- Middleton v. Coxsackie Correctional FacilityNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- Matter of Lepow v. Lepow Knitting Mills, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1942
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Claim of Vernoia v. National Council on Compensation InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- In re the Claim of Albrecht v. Orange County Community CollegeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981