Royal Indemnity Co. v. Platt & Washburn Refining Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, first district, dismissing its complaint at the close of plaintiff’s case.
1Opinion of the CourtBijur, J.
Plaintiff had provided insurance under the Workmen’s Compensation Law to a Connecticut firm against claims of its employees while engaged in its business in this state. It had paid such a claim which had been allowed by the commission in this state in favor of one McGuiness, and brings this action to recover the amount of the award it had paid against the third party through whose negligence the accident to McGuiness is alleged to have occurred.
The circumstances of the accident were as follows:
*633McGruiness while buying lumber and some other supplies in this state happened to be at Brookhaven on…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Grimshaw v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Claim of Gardner v. Horseheads Construction Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916
- Adams v. TozerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
3Cited by4 opinions
- Curran v. Earle C. Anthony, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1926
- Greene v. Miller Et Ux.Supreme Court of Florida · 1931
- White v. Brainerd Service Motor Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1930
- Ridley v. United Sash & Door Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924