Hotel Claridge Co. v. Blank

Mr. Special Justice Davis

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an action by Grace Blank, surviving widow of Max Blank, to recover- compensation on behalf of herself and an eight year old daughter, for the death of petitioner’s husband, Max Blank, deceased. Blank was employed as a painter or decorator by the Hotel Claridge Company, in August, 1933. He was engaged in painting or decorating the ceiling of the main dining room, called tlie “Plantation Boom,” and in order to reach, the ceiling it was necessary to have a scaffold, which was provided by means of hoards supported by ladders. The…