Legal Opinion

Claim of Clark v. Voorhees

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

Decided November 18, 1920PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal by the defendants, William Voorhees and another, from a decision and award of the State Industrial Commission,' made on the 28th day of January, 1920.

1Opinion of the Court

Kiley, J.:

This claim is presented under the second group 45 of section 2 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law (as added by Laws of *141918, chap. 634). The award was in favor of the claimant and the finding in that regard made by the State Industrial Commission is as follows: “ On May 30, 1918, while the said John C. Clark was engaged in the regular course of his employment, and at about four a. m. on that day, together with one Domenico Ercole, he left the plant of his employer to go to a nearby restaurant for the purpose of getting a cup of coffee, as was the custom among men engaged in the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Claim of Bowne v. S. W. Bowne Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1917
  2. Claim of De Voe v. New York State RailwaysNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
  3. Claim of Bylow v. St. Regis Paper Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
  4. Claim of Gleisner v. Gross & HerbenerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
  5. Claim of Newman v. NewmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Cook's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
  2. Warfield Natural Gas Company v. MuncyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932
  3. Claim of Harby v. Marwell Bros.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922

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