Claim of Lauritzen v. Terry & Tench Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Terry & Tench Company, Incorporated, and another, from a decision and award of the State Industrial Commission, made on the 30th day of June, 1919, and also from a decision and award of said Commission made on the 13th day of January, 1920.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The question involved in this case is .whether the State Industrial Commission has acted within its powers in directing the commutation of the awards to a widow and her infant daughter and the payment of a lump sum. There is no dispute that Edwin Lauritzen, aged forty-five years, suffered injuries on the 17th of January, 1917, resulting in his death on that day, while in the employ of the Terry & Tench Company, Incorporated, of New York city, and that his average earnings per day were $5.50. There is no question as to the amount of the award, but the appellants do insist that the…
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