Legal Opinion
Claim of Smyth v. Pinkerton National Detective Agency
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 13, 1957PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal from a decision and award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board. Decedent was employed by a detective agency as a night guard at an industrial plant. It was part of his instruction not to drink on the job or come to the job after drinking; and not to operate equipment in the plant. He was found crushed to death between the steering wheel of a Hi-Lo and a conveyor belt. The Hi-Lo is a lifting mechanism which can be raised or lowered and moved about in the plant and was powered by an electric motor. Decedent was sitting in the seat of the apparatus; the motor was turned off. The accident…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Claim of Shannon v. American Can Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1951
- Claim of Swanson v. Williams & Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1951
- Claim of Swanson v. Williams & Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1952
- Claim of Malloy v. Cauldwell Wingate Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1954
3Cited by1 opinion
- Alonso García v. Comisión IndustrialSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1974