MATTER OF LAWRENCE v. MEYER-GARRY, INC.


278 A.D. 990 (1951)

In the Matter of the Claim of William Lawrence, Respondent, v. Meyer-Garry, Inc., et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

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

June 29, 1951.


At the hearing claimant testified he was injured in a fall in the course of employment. The appellants contested the claim on the ground that claimant had been injured as the result of a fight. At the end of the hearing the carrier's attorney rested on the record with the statement that "It is very obvious that we can not substantiate" that defense. A few days after this hearing the carrier received a letter from another employer doing work on the same job stating that the...

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