Claim of Itzkowitz v. Finer & Bachrach

Written notice of injury was not given the employers as required by section 18 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law. The Board excused the failure to give such notice as follows: “The employer was not prejudiced because at a hearing held upon the claim for compensation filed by Abraham Itzkowitz, Jacob Finer, one of the employers in the copartnership that employed him, testified that the employer was not prejudiced by the failure to give written notice of injury and that he excused the failure to give written notice of injury.”

The practice which has become prevalent by some referees of asking…