Matter of Jordan v. . Decorative Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered November 24, 1920, affirming an award of the state industrial commission made under the Workmen’s Compensation Law. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtOardozo, J.
The claimant, while lifting a box of clay-weighing 700 pounds or more, strained his left side, and hernia resulted. There is no doubt that this was an accidental injury within the meaning of the statute (Workmen’s Compensation Law, sec. 3, subd. 7; Consol. Laws, chap. 67). Matter of Alpert v. Powers (223 N. Y. 97) holds nothing to the contrary. In that case there was no finding • of any causal relation between the strain and the rupture. Here, the causal relation is found and proved. In such conditions, our ruling in Matter of Veneroni v. Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (229 N. Y. 628) sustains…
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