Legal Opinion

Matter of Carroll v. . Knickerbocker Ice Co.

New York Court of Appeals

Decided July 11, 1916PublishedCited by 131 opinions

Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered October 9, 1915, affirming an award of the workmen’s compensation commission. The following question was certified: 1 ‘ Upon the record is the claimant entitled to an award ? ” The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.

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Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered October 9, 1915, affirming an award of the workmen’s compensation commission. The following question was certified: 1 ‘ Upon the record is the claimant entitled to an award ? ” The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. Under section 23 of the Compensation Act establishing the right of appeal to the courts on questions of law, all questions of law must be reviewed, including the question of whether there is sufficient evidence to sustain a finding of…

1Opinion of the Court

This is an appeal by the Knickerbocker Ice Company from an order affirming the decision and award of the workmen's compensation commission in the matter of the claim of Bridget Carroll for compensation for the death of her husband, Myles Carroll, which was occasioned as it is alleged by injuries received while he was in the employ of the appellant. The Knickerbocker Ice Company is a self-insurer under the Workmen's Compensation Law. The decedent was employed by the ice company as driver on an ice wagon, and the claim is that he suffered an injury on September 22, 1914, while delivering ice.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Insurance Co. v. MosleySupreme Court of the United States · 1869
  2. Matter of CaseNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
  3. Waldele v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1884
  4. Greener v. . General Electric Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1913

3Cited by131 opinions

  1. Potts v. . PardeeNew York Court of Appeals · 1917
  2. Southern Surety Co. v. Nalle & Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1922
  3. Dallas Ry. & Terminal Co. v. BankstonTexas Commission of Appeals · 1932
  4. Claim of Kopec v. Buffalo Brake Beam-Acme Steel & Malleable Iron WorksNew York Court of Appeals · 1952
  5. Weston v. StateSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1972

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