Matter of Matta v. . Dennings Point Brick Works
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the. third judicial department, entered January 23, 1918, unanimously affirming an award of the state industrial commission made under the Workmen’s Compensation Law. Claimant’s husband while going from one part of his employer’s premises to another and necessarily crossing the tracks of a railroad was struck by an engine and killed.
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Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the. third judicial department, entered January 23, 1918, unanimously affirming an award of the state industrial commission made under the Workmen’s Compensation Law. Claimant’s husband while going from one part of his employer’s premises to another and necessarily crossing the tracks of a railroad was struck by an engine and killed. Shortly thereafter the claimant was appointed administratrix and accepted a sum of money in settlement of her claim against the railroad. Thereafter she made claim for…
1Opinion of the Court
Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Chase, Collin, Cuddeback and Hogan, JJ.; His cock, Ch. J., Cardozo and McLaughlin, JJ., dissent from affirmance of award in favor of widow.
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