Claim of Finkelday v. Henry Heide, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Henry Heide, Inc., and another, from an award of the State Industrial Commission, made on the 8th day of September, 1919, and entered in the office of said Commission.
1Opinion of the Court
Cochrane, J.:
The finding of the Commission is that at the time of the accident consisting of a fractured wrist “ the claimant had a syphilitic infection, and the injuries which he sustained were the activating cause in calling into activity general paresis.” It does not appear whether his unfortunate affliction results from the sins of his ancestors or his own sins. It is immaterial under the statute we are now administering. The above finding is sustained by the evidence. It was testified that paresis, or as it is sometimes called, general paralysis, is due to syphilis and substantially that…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Claims of Van Keuren v. Dwight Divine & SonsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
- Matter of Van Keuren v. . Dwight Divine SonsNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
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