Legal Opinion

Claim of Gardner v. Horseheads Construction Co.

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

Decided January 5, 1916PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal by the Horseheads Construction Company and another from an award of the State Industrial Commission, entered in the office of said Commission on the 30th day of June,. 1915, awarding compensation for the death of Emmett M. Gardner at Eord City, Penn.

1Opinion of the Court

Kellogg, P. J.:

The question is whether the Workmen’s Compensation Law covers this accident, which happened at the plant of the employer at Ford City, Penn. There is no dispute about the facts. The employer was a general contractor, with offices at Horseheads, N. Y., and performed contracts in the States of New York, Pennsylvania, Maine, Ohio, and wherever favorable opportunity presented itself. At times from 1902 to 1905 the decedent was in the employ of the company at various places. His next employment with it was in 1912 upon a job' at Chemung, N. Y. When that job was completed he returned…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Claim of Spratt v. Sweeney & Gray Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Prouse v. Industrial CommissionSupreme Court of Colorado · 1920
  2. Claim of Smith v. Heine Safety Boiler Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1918
  3. Altman v. North Dakota Workmen's Compensation BureauNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1923
  4. Claim of Rhyner v. Hueber Building Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916
  5. Claim of Hospers v. J. Hungerford-Smith Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1920

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