Legal Opinion
Claim of Stimburis v. Leviton Mfg. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 12, 1959PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDesmond, J.
The question of law is: did the Workmen’s Compensation Board have power in 1955 to reopen this workmen’s compensation case wherein it had in 1944 dismissed the claim as noncompensable Í
Claimant appeals as of right from a unanimous Appellate Division, Third Department, order which reversed an award by the Workmen’s Compensation Board for total disability due to silicosis. The Appellate Division’s order dismissed the claim. Although the ‘ ‘ Special Fund for Reopened Cases ’ ’ appeared here as a respondent through its attorney, it was agreed on the argument that if the award reversed by the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Matter of Roder v. Northern Maytag Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1948
3Cited by9 opinions
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