Claim of Hendricks v. Seeman Bros.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
. Appeal by Seeman Brothers and another from an award of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission, entered in the office of said Commission on the 30th day of March, 1915, granting compensation to the mother and infant brother of Richard Hendricks who was killed while acting as a helper on an automobile truck owned by Seeman Brothers, wholesale grocers.
1Opinion of the Court
Howard, J.:
The deceased was a “helper ” on an automobile truck used as a delivery wagon by his employers who were wholesale grocers. While the vehicle was proceeding along Broadway in New York city some boys were hanging on the rear of the truck. The deceased ordered the boys to get off, but they refused to do so, whereupon he jumped off the truck to drive them away, and in doing so fell upon the pavement, fractured his skull and death resulted.
Under group 41 of section 2 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law (Consol. Laws, chap. 67; Laws of 1914, chap. 41), the operation of a truck on a highway…
2Cited by6 opinions
- Zeier v. Boise Transfer Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1927
- Morgan v. Butte Central Mining & Milling Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1920
- Claim of Rhyner v. Hueber Building Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916
- Nester v. H. Korn Baking Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1922
- Claim of Cohen v. Standard Automotive Sales & Service, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1934
1 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.