Legal Opinion
Meaney v. Keating
New York Supreme Court
Decided January 23, 1951PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBergan, J.
Plaintiff was employed as a laborer by defendant in 1948, and on December 12th of that year he sustained burns in a fire in a building on the employer’s construction job. The fire occurred late at night while plaintiff was sleeping in his home nearby. Plaintiff heard the cries of a watchman in the burning building and went there to rescue him, and while in the building also tried to control the fire.
The accident was reported to the Workmen’s Compensation Board by the defendant. The board’s records show it sent a notice of hearing and other notices as the proceeding progressed to plaintiff and…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. HuntSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Shanahan v. . Monarch Engineering Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Matter of Grieb v. . HammerleNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
- Brassel v. Electric Welding Co. of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1924
- Larscy v. T. Hogan & Sons, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1925
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Maines v. Cronomer Valley Fire Dept., Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Werner v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- Page v. GreenMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985
- Adams v. BryantCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1955
- Meaney v. KeatingAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1952
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