ZIELINSKI v. GEN. MOTORS CORP.


1 N.Y.2d 424 (1956)

Florence Zielinski, Individually and as Administratrix of The Estate of Henry J. Zielinski, Deceased, Respondent, v. General Motors Corporation, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 11, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis J. Offermann, Jr., and Solon J. Stone for appellant.

Winton H. Church for respondent.

DESMOND, FULD, VAN VOORHIS and BURKE, JJ., concur in Per Curiam opinion; FROESSEL, J., dissents in an opinion in which CONWAY, Ch. J., and DYE, J., concur.


Per Curiam.

The agreement between claimant and employer for a lump sum nonschedule adjustment could not become effective for any purpose or create any rights unless and until it was approved by the Workmen's Compensation Board (Workmen's Compensation Law, § 15, subd. 5-b; Matter of Dodson v. Healey Co., 275 App. Div. 130, motion for leave to appeal denied 300 N.Y. 760). This record establishes and both courts...

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