Claim of Littler v. George A. Fuller Co.
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 8, 1918, affirming an award of the state industrial commission made under the Workmen’s Compensation Law. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The claimant’s injury did not arise out of or in the course of the employment.
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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 8, 1918, affirming an award of the state industrial commission made under the Workmen’s Compensation Law. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The claimant’s injury did not arise out of or in the course of the employment. (Gifford v. Patterson, 222 N. Y. 4; Glatzl v. Stumpp, 220 N. Y. 71; Nolan v. Cranford Co., 219 N. Y. 581; De Voe v. N. Y. State Rys., 218 N. Y. 318; Kingsley v. Donovan, 169 App. Div. 828; McCabe v. B. H. R. R. Co., 177…
1Opinion of the CourtPound, J.
Littler, the claimant, was a bricklayer. At the time he was hurt he was working for George A. Fuller Company. It was constructing a residence at Great Neck, L. I., two miles from the railroad station. The workmen, who came out by train, had refused to remain on the job unless the employer would furnish free transportation to and from the work from and to the railroad station. The employer hired an automobile truck to take the employees, morning and night, to and from their work. At the end of the day’s work on May 22, 1917, when the truck was making its trip to the station, it went into the…
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