Legal Opinion

Weighton v. Austin Co.

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

Decided May 2, 1923PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Kiley, J.:

It was agreed between employer and employee that the accident out of which this claim arose happened August 16, 1917. The business of the employer was that of contractor, and the employee, claimant, was a carpenter engaged on outside construction for such employer. The cause of the injury was a fall of about thirty feet from a roof of a building. The claimant in his first notice of injury says the injury was to his side, but that the extent was unknown. The evidence of his wife and father-in-law indicates an injury to the head also, as they testify to finding a fair sized bunch upon…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Claim of Cohen v. Ashford Plumbing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922
  2. Matter of Cohen v. . Ashford Plumbing CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1923
  3. Claim of Brezzenski v. Crenshaw Engineering Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Standard Oil Co. v. BuchananWyoming Supreme Court · 1928

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