Legal Opinion
Travelers Insurance v. Brass Goods Manufacturing Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 21, 1925PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, J.
William J. Fitzgerald while working for the National Packing Box Company in a hazardous business was killed through an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment but said to have been caused by the negligence of a third party, the present defendant. His widow and children elected to proceed against his employer under the Workmen’s Compensation Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 67) and, therefore,, assigned their cause of action against the Brass Goods Manufacturing Company to the Travelers Insurance Company, the insurance carrier, as provided by section 29 of the statute. To enforce that…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Travelers Insurance v. Louis Padula Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1918
- Orester v. Dayton Rubber Manufacturing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1920
- Miller v. New York Railways Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916
- Leavitt v. Canadian Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1897
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3Cited by46 opinions
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