Legal Opinion

Claim of Rheinwald v. Builders' Brick & Supply Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 14, 1915PublishedCited by 39 opinions

Appeal by Mary Rheinwald, claimant, from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission, rendered on the 31st day of August, 1914, denying her claim for compensation to herself and her two minor children.

1Opinion of the Court

Woodward, J.:

I am of the opinion that the Workmen’s Compensation Law (Consol. Laws, chap. 67; Laws of 1913, chap. 816, as re-en. and amd. by Laws of 1914, chap. 41, and Laws of 1914, chap. 316), fairly construed and beneficially applied, gives right of compensation to the present claimant before the State Workmen’s Compensation Commission. The work in which Robert Rheinwald, the claimant’s husband, was engaged at the time of his death, the manner in which he was doing it, the circumstances under which he came to be doing it, and the relation which his work bore to the business carried on by…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Ives v. South Buffalo Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1911
  2. Waters v. Pioneer Fuel Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
  3. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. BennettSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
  4. People v. Orange County Road Construction Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1903
  5. Interstate Coal Co. v. TrivettCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. Shannon v. Western Indemnity Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1924
  2. Pace v. Appanoose CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1918
  3. Western Indemnity Co. v. PillsburyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1916
  4. Dick v. Gravel Logging Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
  5. Kelley's Dependents v. Hoosac Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1921

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