Claim of Mulraney v. Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, from a decision and award of the State Industrial Commission, entered in the office of said Commission on the 24th day of July, 1919.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
Claimant’s intestate was injured on May 17, 1919, producing death on that day, while at work for the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, a self-insurer. There is no question as to the liability of the employer for death benefits, the only matter being whether the persons to whom awards have been made were dependent upon the decedent at the time of the accident, for this is the date fixed by the statute. (Workmen’s Compensation Law, § 16, as amd. by Laws of 1916, chap. 622; Birmingham v. Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., 180 App. Div. 48, 49, 50.) The decedent was twenty-two years of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Birmingham v. Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
- Claim of Walz v. Holbrook, Cabot & Rollins Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
- Claim of Frey v. McLoughlin Bros.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919
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