Claim of Pardy v. Boomhower Grocery Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Boomhower Grocery Company and another from an award of the State Industrial Commission, made on the 22d day of November, 1916, affirming a prior award made on the 13th day of June, 1916.
1Opinion of the Court
Cochrane, J.:
The employer was engaged in a general grocery business and also in the operation of a butter factory. On October 29, 1915, the employee while packing butter in tubs was revolving a tub in the performance of his work and a splinter from one of the hoops of the tub penetrated the palm of his hand and the wound thereby occasioned becoming infected, blood poisoning resulted which caused his death. An award has been made to his widow and children. The only group under section 2 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law (Consol. Laws, chap. 67; Laws of 1914, chap. 41) which is suggested as…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People v. . RichardsNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Claim of Wilson v. C. Dorflinger & SonsNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
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