Legal Opinion

Claim of Egan v. James A. Hearn & Son

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 15, 1932Published

1Opinion of the Court

— Award reversed, and the claim for medical, nursing and hospital services dismissed, with costs against the State Industrial Board, on the ground that under the undisputed evidence there was no obligation upon the employer to furnish such services. (Workmen’s Comp. Law, § 13; Matter of Koch v. Lehigh Valley R. R. Co., 217 App. Div. 280; affd., 244 N. Y. 578.) Van Kirk, P. J., Hinman, Rhodes and Crapser, JJ., concur; Hill, J., dissents and votes to affirm upon the ground that the employer failed to provide such hospital service as provided by the statute, and that the doctor furnished by the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Claim of Koch v. Lehigh Valley RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1926
  2. Matter of Koch v. Lehigh Valley Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1927

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