MATTER OF KORNECKI v. CITY OF NEW YORK


285 A.D. 574 (1955)

In the Matter of Adolph Kornecki, Respondent, v. City of New York (New York Transit System, B. M. T. Div.), Appellant. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

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

April 1, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Campbell Brown, Corporation Counsel (Robert B. Hugh and Seymour B. Quel of counsel), for appellant.

Jacob K. Javits, Attorney-General (Daniel Polansky and Roy Wiedersum of counsel), for Workmen's Compensation Board, respondent.

Samuel Israel for claimant-respondent.

FOSTER, P. J., BERGAN, HALPERN and ZELLER, JJ., concur.


IMRIE, J.

Claimant, an employee in the New York Transit System, had been a motorman for twenty-seven years prior to May 4, 1948. On that date the self-insured employer's physician, finding him afflicted with Dupuytren's contracture of both hands, recommended his transfer to the duties of railroad clerk. The transfer was made and claimant continued with the same employer until December 4, 1950, but, as railroad...

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