Legal Opinion
Finkell v. Cobleskill Agricultural Society
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 4, 1927PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDavis, J.
The claimant was injured October 7, 1924, by a fall caused by the breaking of a scaffold upon which he was engaged in painting the buildings of the Cobleskill Agricultural Society. His claim is based upon the theory that his employment by the society was in connection with a business carried on by it for pecuniary gain, and that he was engaged in a hazardous occupation, and he, therefore, became entitled to the remedies furnished by the Workmen’s Compensation Law.
The society answers that it has never conducted or carried on a business for pecuniary profit or gain, and has never been engaged…
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