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Matter of Gray v. Semet-Solvay Company

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 24, 1921
231 N.Y. 518 (N.Y. 1921)

Summary

In Matter of Gray v. Semet-Solvay Co. (231 N.Y. 518) the claimant's husband was a patrolman of the defendant's plant where chemical preparations were manufactured. Chemical odors and fumes were constantly emitted from it. He complained of illness July 15, 1918, and died in September, 1918. The medical evidence indicated that the cause of death was mineral poisoning or serous miningitis from the toxemia due to the poisonous fumes where he worked.

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Opinion

Argued March 4, 1921

Decided March 24, 1921

Truman H. Preston and H. Duane Bruce for appellant.

Charles D. Newton, Attorney-General ( E.C. Aiken of counsel), for respondent.


Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.

Concur: CHASE, CARDOZO, POUND, McLAUGHLIN, CRANE and ANDREWS, JJ. Not voting: HISCOCK, Ch. J.


Summaries of

Matter of Gray v. Semet-Solvay Company

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 24, 1921
231 N.Y. 518 (N.Y. 1921)

In Matter of Gray v. Semet-Solvay Co. (231 N.Y. 518) the claimant's husband was a patrolman of the defendant's plant where chemical preparations were manufactured. Chemical odors and fumes were constantly emitted from it. He complained of illness July 15, 1918, and died in September, 1918. The medical evidence indicated that the cause of death was mineral poisoning or serous miningitis from the toxemia due to the poisonous fumes where he worked.

Summary of this case from Jeffreyes v. Sager Co.
Case details for

Matter of Gray v. Semet-Solvay Company

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the Claim of ORA L. GRAY, Respondent, against…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Mar 24, 1921

Citations

231 N.Y. 518 (N.Y. 1921)

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