Claim of Russell v. 231 Lexington Avenue Corp.

The deceased employee died from injuries arising out of and in the course of her employment as an elevator operator in an apartment house owned and maintained by 231 Lexington Avenue Corporation. The superintendent of the apartment house was one Wright Hopkins, the uncle of the deceased. He received a compensation of $140 per month. He was authorized to employ an elevator operator, but her compensation was to be paid by him. Accordingly he employed the deceased, a girl not quite eighteen, at a wage of five dollars per week and tips.

After the accident which caused the death of the employee,…