Legal Opinion
Claim of Forbrick v. Riverbay Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 22, 1982PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed January 5, 1981. The decedent, William Forbrick, was employed as a maintenance man by the Riverbay Corporation in an apartment complex known as Co-op City, Bronx County, New York. He died on the morning of October 22, 1979 as the result of injuries sustained in a fall from the roof of Building No. 22-B in that complex. Decedent had gone to the roof to repair a vent fan located on the deck of the roof, about 15 to 20 feet from the ledge and the fence border that surrounded it. The ledge was one and one-half feet high and several…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Claim of Brasch v. Investors Funding Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1965
- Claim of Phillips v. Spaulding Bakeries, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1962
- Matter of Phillips v. Spaulding Bakeries, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1963
- Mengele v. Liebmann Breweries, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1962
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