Claim of O'Connell v. Adirondack Electric Power Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Adirondack Electric Power Corporation, from a decision and\ward of the State Industrial Commission, made and entered in the office of said Commission on the 23d day of December, 1919, reversing and rescinding the action theretofore taken by said Commission whereby an award was disallowed.
1Concurrence
Kiley, J. (concurring):
Claimant’s intestate died on January 24, 1919. Physician’s proof of death says the immediate cause was cardiac dilatation, mitral regurgitation. Cardia means heart; cardiac means pertaining to the heart; mitral is applied to the valve of the heart; regurgitation means an eructation or throwing back, and eructation means “ belching.” Dilatation means, when applied to the heart, an increase in size of one or more of the heart cavities from weakening of the muscles. All of this is summed up in one word, viz., endocarditis, which means heart trouble. An autopsy was had and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Claim of Richardson v. GreenbergAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919
- Sperduto v. New York City Interborough Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1919