MATTER OF DISHAW v. CITY OF OGDENSBURG


16 A.D.2d 989 (1962)

In the Matter of Joseph Dishaw, Respondent, v. City of Ogdensburg et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

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

June 21, 1962


Claimant, employed as a seasonal laborer in the Water Department of appellant city, was injured on October 2, 1957 when the side of a trench in which he was working caved in. The excavating work was being performed on municipally owned property located between the sidewalk and curb in front of premises owned by one Le Clair in an endeavor to uncover a clogged sewer line which served his premises. Claimant testified that when he reported for work at the Water Department on...

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