Claim of Shorr v. U-Wanna-Wash Frocks, Inc.

The question in this case is whether the claimant’s employment was a New York employment subject to the New York Workmen’s Compensation Law.

The claimant was employed by the appellant employer, a dress manufacturer, as a designer, pattern-maker and copyist. During the first three years of his employment, the claimant worked in New York City at the employer’s place of business. During this period, the actual manufacturing was carried on by an independent company in Newville, Pennsylvania, pursuant to a contract with the employer. At the end of the three-year period, the employer purchased the…