Legal Opinion
Claim of Gardner v. New York Medical College
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 13, 1952PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal from a decision and award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board. Claimant was a cadet nurse at the Flower Hospital, and while in the course of her duties in October, 1944, a fellow nurse sneezed into her face while both were riding in an elevator. Claimant testified that when this occurred she felt sputum on her cheek, which she brushed off with her hand. There was proof from which the board could find that at the time of this occurrence the nurse who sneezed was suffering from poliomyelitis. Claimant became ill within a short time thereafter with poliomyelitis, the effects of which have…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Lewis v. Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1918
- Claim of Masse v. James H. Robinson Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1950
- Matter of Connelly v. Hunt Furniture Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1925
- Matter of Lerner v. Rump Bros.New York Court of Appeals · 1925
- Claim of Carpenter v. Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1951
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Johannesen v. New York City Department of Housing Preservation & DevelopmentNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
- Middleton v. Coxsackie Correctional FacilityNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- Svensson v. Securian Life InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2010
- Claim of McDonough v. Whitney Point Central SchoolAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1961
- Middleton v. Coxsackie Correctional FacilityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1974