Claimant seeks benefits under the Disability Benefits Law (Workmen's Compensation Law, art 9). That article excludes from coverage any "persons engaged in a professional or teaching capacity in or for a religious, charitable or educational institution" (Workmen's Compensation Law, § 201, subd 5). No one disputes that the employer is a charitable organization, but the question remains whether the claimant, a professional musician, is a "professional" within the contemplation...
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