MATTER OF SHAW


5 N.Y.2d 1014 (1959)

In the Matter of the Claim of Sheila Shaw, Respondent. General Mutual Insurance Company, Appellant; Isador Lubin, as Industrial Commissioner, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 12, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul F. Donohue and Myron Komar for appellant.

Robert L. Harder for Sheila Shaw, respondent.

Mahlon Z. Eubank for Commerce and Industry Association of New York, Inc., amicus curiae, in support of appellant's position.

Costello, Cooney & Fearon for Associated Industries of New York State, Inc., amicus curiae, in support of appellant's position.

Concur: Chief Judge CONWAY and Judges DESMOND, DYE, FULD and BURKE. Judges FROESSEL and VAN VOORHIS dissent and vote to reverse for the reasons stated by HERLIHY, J., in his dissenting opinion in the Appellate Division.


Order affirmed, with costs to claimant-respondent...

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