Legal Opinion
Claim of Burns v. Merritt Engineering Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 18, 1951PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDye, J.
The sole question posed on this appeal is whether the claimant’s disability for which he has been awarded workmen’s compensation benefits' arose out of his employment, *133there being no question that the incident giving rise to the injury occurred on the employer’s premises during working hours.
The facts are these: At five minutes before quitting time on Saturday, October 13, 1947, and before he had checked out, the claimant, a machinist employed in the machine department of the employer’s plywood factory, went to the electrical department for the purpose of getting an automobile ride to his…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. CardilloCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
- Matter of Leonbruno v. . Champlain Silk MillsNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
- Claim of Verschleiser v. Joseph Stern & SonNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
- Matter of Industrial Comr. (Siguin) v. McCarthyNew York Court of Appeals · 1946
- Matter of Ognibene v. Rochester Manufacturing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1948
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Crilly v. BallouMichigan Supreme Court · 1958
- Claim of Seymour v. Rivera Appliances Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1971
- Mutual Implement & Hardware Ins. v. PittmanMississippi Supreme Court · 1952
- Portee v. South Carolina State HospitalSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1959
- Carvalho v. Decorative Fabrics Co.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1976
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