MATTER OF GRIFFITHS v. SHAFFREY


283 A.D. 839 (1954)

In the Matter of the Claim of John Griffiths, Respondent, v. Robert H. Shaffrey et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

March 31, 1954.


Since a third-party recovery exceeded the amount of all disability claims up to the present time, no compensation award has as yet been made. The only question presented is whether the manic-depressive psychosis from which the claimant is concededly suffering is causally connected with the accidental injuries which he suffered on January 18, 1945, when a coal truck on which he was serving as a helper was struck by a railroad train in a grade crossing collision. The claimant...

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