Matter of Rheinwald v. . Builders' Brick and Supply Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered August 26, 1917, reversing an award of the state industrial commission made under the Workmen’s Compensation Law. This claim arose out of the death of the claimant’s husband, Robert Rheinwald, who died from accidental injuries received in falling from a scaffold while engaged in repainting a sign for the defendant Builders’ Brick and Supply Company.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered August 26, 1917, reversing an award of the state industrial commission made under the Workmen’s Compensation Law. This claim arose out of the death of the claimant’s husband, Robert Rheinwald, who died from accidental injuries received in falling from a scaffold while engaged in repainting a sign for the defendant Builders’ Brick and Supply Company. Rheinwald furnished and erected the scaffold. It was contended that he was not an employee within the meaning of that word as used in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Order affirmed, with costs, and claim dismissed on the ground that the deceased was an independent contractor; no opinion.
Concur: His cock, Ch. J., Chase, Collin, Cuddeback, Cardozo, Pound and Andrews, JJ.
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