Legal Opinion

Claim of White v. Loades

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 2, 1917PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Certification by the State Industrial Commission to the Appellate Division, Third Department, of the following question: “ Was the said Charles White, the claimant herein, engaged in a hazardous employment within the' meaning of the Workmen’s Compensation Law at the time he received the personal injuries for which the award was made ? ”

1Opinion of the Court

Kellogg, P. J.:

The employer was carrying on the business of operating a steam machine for the threshing of grain and beans. The machine was moved from place to place for custom work. The claimant was a day laborer employed in working and moving said machine. When moving it from one place to another, while putting the separator in the barn, a wheel struck some obstruction, throwing the wagon tongue around, striking the claimant on his right knee, causing his injury. We think the case comes within group 41 of section 2 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law (Consol. Laws, chap. 67; Laws *237of 1914,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Matter of Costello v. . TaylorNew York Court of Appeals · 1916

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Cook v. MasseyIdaho Supreme Court · 1923
  2. In re BoyerIndiana Court of Appeals · 1917
  3. Miller & Lux Inc. v. Industrial Acc. Com.California Supreme Court · 1919
  4. Lowe v. North Dakota Workmen's Compensation BureauNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1936
  5. Sant v. Continental Life InsuranceIdaho Supreme Court · 1930

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