Legal Opinion
Claim of Cuervo v. CAB Motor Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 8, 1987PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLevine, J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed October 1, 1986, which ruled that claimant was not entitled to death benefits because decedent’s death was unrelated to his employment.
Decedent was employed as a taxicab driver, working a 6:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. shift, until he was stabbed to death by an unknown assailant in a hotel in Manhattan on October 22, *8951979. At approximately 3:00 p.m. on that day, just prior to the stabbing, decedent was observed arguing with a Hispanic male on the sixth floor of the hotel. Decedent’s taxicab was later found parked three to four…
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- Claim of Pressler v. I. Maner ManufacturingAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
- Claim of the Estate of Hurlbutt v. A. J. Cerasaro, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
- Claim of Schiffman v. Fugazy Continental Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
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