Legal Opinion

Claim of Valentine v. Sherwood Metal Working Co.

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

Decided November 12, 1919PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal by the defendants, Sherwood Metal Working Company and another, from an award of the State Industrial Commission, entered in the Syracuse office of said Commission on the 27th day of May, 1919.

1Per curiam

There is no dispute as to the facts in this case. The claimant was employed at Syracuse by the Sherwood Metal Working Company as a riveter upon shovels. A small portion of steel was picked up by the rapid hammer used and lodged in the back of the eye-ball, defying all efforts at its removal. The State Industrial Commission has found that “ said injury resulted in the loss of the left eye,” but there is no evidence to support this finding, for the entire testimony is to the effect that the eye, with the aid of a proper glass, is nearly normal for many purposes. That there is an injury, and…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Claim of Frings v. Pierce Arrow Motor Car Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918

3Cited by8 opinions

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  3. American Zinc Co. v. LuskTennessee Supreme Court · 1923
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  5. Travelers' Ins. Co. v. RichmondCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1926

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