Legal Opinion

Claim of McNamara v. McHarg, Barton Co.

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

Decided March 8, 1922PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal by the defendants, McHarg, Barton Company and another, from three awards made by the State Industrial Commission and entered in the office of said Commission on the 25th day of September, 1919, the 2d day of January, 1920, and the 7th day of July, 1920, respectively.

1Opinion of the Court

Cochrane, P. J.:

The accident occurred on a compressor boat stationed in the East river at Brooklyn. It was there being utilized in the construe*189tion of a concrete pier by the employer whose business was that of a contractor. The claimant was a master mechanic and superintendent of the work of construction. He was cutting a bead off a boiler tube on the boat when a piece of the bead struck him in the left eye impairing his vision on account of which the awards in question have been made for a loss of one-third of the use of the eye.

First. The work in which claimant was engaged at the time of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. North Pacific Steamship Co. v. Hall Bros. Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
  2. Claim of Doey v. Clarence P. Howland Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1918
  3. Matter of Grammici v. . ZinnNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
  4. Claim of Reinhardt v. Newport Flying Service Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1921
  5. Claim of Valentine v. Sherwood Metal Working Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Kelley v. ProutyIdaho Supreme Court · 1934
  2. American Mutual Liability Insurance v. HamptonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1926
  3. Globe Cotton Oil Mills v. Industrial Accident CommissionCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1923
  4. Travelers' Ins. Co. v. RichmondCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1926
  5. Alessandro Petrillo Co. v. MarioniSuperior Court of Delaware · 1925

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