MATTER OF RICE v. WILLIAMS & CO.


286 A.D. 299 (1955)

In the Matter of the Claim of Mildred Rice, Respondent, v. Williams & Company et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

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

June 16, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Cullen for Special Disability Fund, appellant.

Ralph S. Stowell, Joseph D. Edwards and Charles A. Cooper for Williams & Company and another, appellants.

T. A. Quinn for claimant-respondent.

Jacob K. Javits, Attorney-General (Daniel Polanksy and Roy Wiedersum of counsel), for Workmen's Compensation Board, respondent.

FOSTER, P. J., COON, HALPERN and ZELLER, JJ., concur.


IMRIE, J.

All appellants agree in the claims that the Workmen's Compensation Board's award of death benefits in this case lacks substantial probative evidence to support it. Beyond that, the appellant, Special Disability Fund, contends that the decision of the board imposing liability on it under subdivision 8 of section 15 of the Workmen's Compensation Law is contrary to law.

Deceased employee was general...

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