Legal Opinion
Claim of Nichols v. Colonial Beacon Oil Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 8, 1954PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtImrie, J.
Decedent, Jesse M. Nichols, was employed by Colonial Beacon Oil Company from May 1, 1938, until his death on April 5,1946, as a truck driver distributing petroleum products. His work included loading and unloading trucks and tank trucks and lifting cans containing bulk products weighing from sixty-five to seventy-five pounds. He had worked in a similar capacity for one K'ellam, of Hancock, New York, from 1933, until Kellam sold his business to this employer in 1938.
On February 28, 1946, decedent injured his thumb. That injury is not controverted and, per se, has little relevancy here except…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- McCahill v. New York Transportation Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1911
- Harrington's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
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