WOODVIEW VILLA, INC. v. NEW AMSTERDAM CAS. CO.


17 N.Y.2d 458 (1965)

Woodview Villa, Inc., Appellant, v. New Amsterdam Casualty Company, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Reargued November 29, 1965.

Decided December 30, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold P. Etelson and Jesse I. Etelson for appellant.

Herbert Decker for respondent.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Ruth Kessler Toch, Daniel Polansky, Morris N. Lissauer and Henriette Frieder of counsel).

Concur: Chief Judge DESMOND and Judges DYE, FULD, VAN VOORHIS, BURKE, SCILEPPI and BERGAN.


Order modified, without costs, by granting plaintiff partial summary judgment for $250 for legal expenses incurred in New Jersey and by dismissing without prejudice the complaint as to other relief sought. On this record, plaintiff was entitled to recover for legal services incurred in the defense of the New Jersey proceedings. The Attorney-General's brief submitted on the jurisdictional issue suggests that the New York Workmen's Compensation Board has exclusive jurisdiction...

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