Legal Opinion
Matter of Connelly v. Hunt Furniture Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 31, 1925PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCardozo, J.
Claimant's son, Harry Connelly, was employed by an undertaker as an embalmer’s helper. In the line of his duty, he handled a corpse, which by reason of the amputation of a leg had become greatly decayed and was full of gangrenous matter. Some of this matter entered a little cut in his hand, and later spread to his neck when he scratched a pimple with the infected finger. General blood poisoning set in, and caused his death. His dependent mother obtained an award for death benefits. The Appellate Division reversed, and dismissed the claim.
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