Legal Opinion
Claim of Toomey v. New York State Legislature
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 8, 1957PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDye, J.
When this claim for death benefits came on for a hearing before the Workmen’s Compensation Board, the single question considered was stipulated, viz., “Is a duly elected Assemblyman of the State of New York in the employ of the State of New York within the meaning of Section 3, group 16, of the Workmen’s Compensation Law 1 ’ ’
The question arose when the State Insurance Fund controverted a claim for dependency benefits filed by appellant as widow of Harold Toomey, a duly elected member of the State Assembly, who, while attending a session of the Legislature on March 11, 1953, died of a heart…
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