Claim of Reid v. New York State Department of Correctional Services
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtLarkin, J.
Claimant, a prisoner at the Great Meadow Correctional Facility, injured in 1973 while working in a carpentry shop at the prison, filed a claim for workmen’s compensation. The Referee’s decision, disallowing the claim because no employee-employer relationship existed, was affirmed by the Workmen’s Compensation Board and this appeal ensued.
The issue is whether inmates confined to penal institutions in New York State are entitled to workmen’s compensation benefits for injuries sustained while they are working within a Department of Correctional Services penal institution.
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2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Shain v. Idaho State PenitentiaryIdaho Supreme Court · 1955
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