Claim of Sperduto v. New York City Interborough Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, New York City Interborough Railway Company, from a decision and award of the State Industrial Commission dated the 28th day of June, 1918, requiring it to pay into the State fund the present value of the award to the widow and children of the deceased under section 27 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law (Consol. Laws, chap. 67; Laws of 1914, chap. 41), as amended by chapter 705 of the Laws of 1917.
1Opinion of the Court
John M. Kellogg, P. J.:
This is an appeal from a determination of the State Industrial Commission, June 28, 1918, requiring the appellant, a self-insurer, to pay in cash to the Commission the alleged present worth .of the weekly payments directed to be made by an award of March 14,1918, to a widow during widowhood and to minor children during dependency. Adams v. New York, O. & W. R. Co. (175 App. Div. 714; 220 N. Y. 579) held that such a direction could not be made with reference to an award to a widow, but after the decision of that case section 27 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law was…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Self-Insurer's Ass'n v. State Industrial CommissionNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
- Claim of Adams v. New York, Ontario & Western Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916
- Matter of Adams v. . New York, Ontario and W. Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1917
- In re the Adoption of a Resolution Requiring the PaymentAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
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