1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. N.Y.
  4. 308 N.Y.
  5. 308 N.Y. 212 (1954)
 

MATTER OF RIEHL v. TOWN OF AMHERST

308 N.Y. 212 (1954)

In the Matter of the Claim of Rose Riehl, Respondent, v. Town of Amherst — Department of Highways et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 31, 1954

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur J. Maloney and Percy R. Smith for appellants.

Nathaniel L. Goldstein, Attorney-General (Harry Pastor, Wendell P. Brown and Roy Wiedersum of counsel), for Workmen's Compensation Board, respondent.

LEWIS, Ch. J., DESMOND, FULD and FROESSEL, JJ., concur with VAN VOORHIS, J.; CONWAY and DYE, JJ., dissent and vote to affirm upon the opinion of HALPERN, J., in the Appellate Division.

VAN VOORHIS, J.

Death benefits under the Workmen's Compensation Law have been awarded to the widow of Charles Riehl, who died from cancer May 1, 1951. No claim was made that his cancer was caused or aggravated by his employment, but the theory on which the award is based is that heart disease (chronic myocarditis) was a contributing cause of his death. For about ten years he had been receiving workmen's compensation...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases