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Matter of Peterson v. Acme Electric Corporation

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
May 10, 1950
277 App. Div. 820 (N.Y. App. Div. 1950)

Opinion

May 10, 1950.

Appeal from Workmen's Compensation Board.

Present — Foster, P.J., Heffernan, Brewster, Bergan and Coon, JJ.


The employer's plant is located in Cuba, N.Y. Claimant lives in Olean, fourteen miles away. Claimant was injured in a bus owned by the employer and used to transport employees to and from the plant. A fare was charged; but the transportation service was only for employees, and was not furnished to the public. The transportation was carried on at a loss. There was proof in the record that at the time of the accident workers from outside Cuba were necessary to keep the plant in operation and that there would have been difficulty in obtaining employees outside of that village unless transportation was afforded. There is some other testimony to indicate that the buses were run in the interest of the employer's business, and that being so, the accident must be treated as would any other occurring on the employer's premises while the employees were moving toward the place of work. Decision and award unanimously affirmed, with costs to the Workmen's Compensation Board.


Summaries of

Matter of Peterson v. Acme Electric Corporation

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
May 10, 1950
277 App. Div. 820 (N.Y. App. Div. 1950)
Case details for

Matter of Peterson v. Acme Electric Corporation

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the Claim of IRENE B. PETERSON, Respondent, against ACME…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department

Date published: May 10, 1950

Citations

277 App. Div. 820 (N.Y. App. Div. 1950)