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Matter of Markell v. Daniel Green Felt Shoe Company

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
May 8, 1917
116 N.E. 1060 (N.Y. 1917)

Summary

In Markell v. Daniel Green Felt Shoe Co., 221 N.Y. 493, 116 N.E. 1060, it was held that where an employee in the shoe factory, who had been repairing machines, was approached from behind by another employee in a dark room and his arms were placed around the claimant's neck and his head was drawn against a lead pencil which injured the claimant's eye, that the injury was compensable.

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Opinion

Argued April 19, 1917

Decided May 8, 1917

Jeremiah F. Connor for appellants.

Egburt E. Woodbury, Attorney-General ( E.C. Aiken of counsel), for state industrial commission.

George W. Ward for respondent.


Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.

Concur: HISCOCK, Ch. J., CHASE, HOGAN, CARDOZO, POUND, McLAUGHLIN and ANDREWS, JJ.


Summaries of

Matter of Markell v. Daniel Green Felt Shoe Company

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
May 8, 1917
116 N.E. 1060 (N.Y. 1917)

In Markell v. Daniel Green Felt Shoe Co., 221 N.Y. 493, 116 N.E. 1060, it was held that where an employee in the shoe factory, who had been repairing machines, was approached from behind by another employee in a dark room and his arms were placed around the claimant's neck and his head was drawn against a lead pencil which injured the claimant's eye, that the injury was compensable.

Summary of this case from Dickey Mfg. Co. v. Moore

In Markell v. Shoe Co., 221 N.Y. 493, 116 N.E. 1060, the claimant employee, while seeking instructions from another employee who was leaning over, placed his arm about the fellow employee's neck and in doing so a pencil in the pocket of the employee seeking instructions pierced the eye ball of the fellow employee.

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Case details for

Matter of Markell v. Daniel Green Felt Shoe Company

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the Claim of HARRY L. MARKELL, Respondent, against DANIEL…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: May 8, 1917

Citations

116 N.E. 1060 (N.Y. 1917)
116 N.E. 1060

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