Claim of Mlodozeniec v. Worthington Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtGibson, J.
The appeal is from an award of compensation in a silicosis case and presents the question whether the amendment to section 44-a of the Workmen’s Compensation Law by chapter 938 of the Laws of 1957, effective July 1, 1957, applies to this case, which was open and pending on that date, disablement having occurred August 1,1953. Prior to the 1957 amendment, section 44-a in pertinent part provided: ‘ ‘ The employer in whose employment an employee was last exposed to an injurious dust hazard shall be liable for the payments required by this chapter when disability or death of the employee shall be…
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