Legal Opinion · Dissent

Claim of Jeffreyes v. Charles H. Sager Co.

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

Decided November 16, 1921Published

Appeal by the defendants, Charles H. Sager Company and another, from an award of the State Industrial Commission, entered in the office of said Commission on the 24th day of January, 1921.

1Dissent

John M. Kellogg, P. J. (dissenting):

The claimant sustained serious injuries which arose out of and in the course of the employment. The only question here is, were the injuries accidental within the meaning of the Workmen’s Compensation Law. The employer, who conducted a drugstore, in connection therewith was developing and manufacturing films. The claimant had been employed for about a week before September 30, 1919, in developing the films in a solution which contained dangerous chemicals. It was necessary for her to dip the fingers of the left hand in the solution. She developed from 500…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Lewis v. Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1918
  2. Matter of Eldridge v. . Endicott, Johnson Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1920
  3. Claim of Woodruff v. R. H. Howes Construction Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1920
  4. Claim of Richardson v. GreenbergAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919
  5. Matter of O'Dell v. . Adirondack Electric Power CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1918

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