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Matter of Underhill v. Keener

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
May 1, 1931
233 App. Div. 779 (N.Y. App. Div. 1931)

Opinion

May, 1931.

Appeal from State Industrial Board.


Award affirmed, with costs to the State Industrial Board. All concur, except Van Kirk, P.J., who dissents, with a memorandum.


I dissent and vote for reversal of the award and dismissal of the claim on the ground that claimant's injuries did not arise out of the employment. No danger to which she was exposed attached specially to the premises or was peculiar to the situation. Her injury was due to no risk to which the employment exposed her; she would have been exposed to like risk in any sleeping place on like occasion. She was doing nothing in the interest of her employer, but was engaged in a private service to herself, entirely a personal matter. ( Matter of Daly v. Bates Roberts, 224 N.Y. 126; Matter of Davidson v. Pansy Waist Co., 240 id. 584.) The discussion in Matter of Giliotti v. Hoffman Catering Co. ( 246 N.Y. 279) and the cases there reviewed support this view.


Summaries of

Matter of Underhill v. Keener

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
May 1, 1931
233 App. Div. 779 (N.Y. App. Div. 1931)
Case details for

Matter of Underhill v. Keener

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the Claim of MARGARET UNDERHILL, Respondent, against…

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

Date published: May 1, 1931

Citations

233 App. Div. 779 (N.Y. App. Div. 1931)

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