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Claim of De Filippis v. Falkenberg

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

Decided November 10, 1915PublishedCited by 32 opinions

Appeal by Charles Falkenberg and another from an award of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission, entered in the office of said Commission on the 30th day of April, 1915.

1Opinion of the Court

Lyon, J.:

The questions presented by this appeal are whether the injuries sustained by the claimant were accidental injuries, and if so, whether they were injuries “arising out of’’her employment, within the intent of the Workmen’s Compensation Law (Consol. Laws, chap. G7 [Laws of 1914, chap. 41], § 10).

The claimant, a girl fifteen years of age, was employed as an operator of a button-hole machine in the manufacture of shirts *154and pajamas. Connected with the factory were two adjoining-toilet rooms having a partition between them. The Commission has found, upon somewhat contradictory evidence,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Hulley v. MoosbruggerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1915
  2. Hulley v. MoosbruggerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1915
  3. Bellegarde v. Union Bag & Paper Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
  4. H. T.C.R.R. Co. v. TurnerTexas Supreme Court · 1906
  5. National Security Bank v. BattMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913

3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Crilly v. BallouMichigan Supreme Court · 1958
  2. Claim of Verschleiser v. Joseph Stern & SonNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
  3. In re LoperIndiana Court of Appeals · 1917
  4. Matter of Daly v. . Bates RobertsNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
  5. Spring Canyon Coal Co. v. Industrial CommissionUtah Supreme Court · 1921

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